God Chastens Those Who Are Living In Sin

The word of God teaches that God chastens those who he loves.

1 Corinthians 11:28-29 (KJV) – “But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.”

sinning leads to “eating and drinking damnation” (note: it’s not damnation in the sense of losing your salvation, it’s damnation in the sense of being punished in the flesh by God).

1 Corinthians 11:30 (KJV) – “For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.”

Paul is talking to saved people (hence why he says “among you”). They were people having problems with their health as a result of “eating and drinking damnation.” There were even some among them that died as a result of “eating and drinking damnation” (hence why Paul says “and many sleep”).

1 Corinthians 11:31-32 (KJV) – “For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.”

Paul makes it clear that God will chasten those, but they won’t be condemned to the world. 1 Corinthians 11:32 lines up with 1 Corinthians 5:5.

1 Corinthians 5:5 (KJV) – “To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”

When someone is too far into sin, they will get chastened and they might even get delivered unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh (ties back to why Paul said “and many sleep” in 1 Corinthians 11:30), the body of flesh is destroyed but the spirit is saved (hence why Paul says “that the spirit may be saved”), an example of this can be found in 1 Timothy 1:19-20.

1 Timothy 1:19-20 (KJV) – “Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.”

The self-righteous conditional security heretics will try and use this to prove that you can lose your salvation, which is a complete twisting of what is going on. When Paul talks about the faith being made shipwreck, he is simply saying that there were people who messed up their lives and spiritual walk by sinning (contrary to what the Catholic-Calvinist conditional security heretics say, spiritual walk and salvation are NOT the same things. Salvation is a once and done event, the spiritual walk is a lifetime process), Paul confirms this by saying that Hymenaeus and Alexander were delivered to Satan, they didn’t lose their salvation because lost people don’t need to be turned over to Satan because Satan already has them, they were delivered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so the spirit may be saved (1 Corinthians 5:5).

1 Corinthians 5:5  also ties into 1 Corinthians 13:16-17

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (KJV) – “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”

When somebody defiles their body (the temple of the Holy Ghost), God will destroy that person, their flesh will be destroyed so the spirit may be saved.

The fact is that living in sin will lead to chastening from God. The chastening of God can be very severe at times, you can lose your health, you can lose rewards at the judgement seat, and you can even lose your life if you are too much into sin.

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