Song: The Obedience Song
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5
Why were the Corinthians to "put away from" themselves "the evil person" (1 Corinthians 5:3)? Because God had already put him away. The Corinthians were not to fellowship him because he was not in fellowship with God.
Our fellowship with one another is the result of our fellowship with Him. When fellowship with Him is broken, fellowship with one another is to cease. Withdrawing fellowship from a brother is intended to communicate to him that he is no longer in fellowship with God.
When a brother of sister is not in fellowship with God, the loving response is to communicate that hard truth to them.
Jason Cicero