"In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
To deliver such as one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."
This chapter is only 13 verses long but I spent a lot of time pondering on it. I could not wrap my head around what was being said. We are told to cast out the sinner from our mist to not fellowship him. I kept thinking about how the Savior went to the homes of those considered sinners and ate meals with them. How he was there to heal them. How can you heal those that have sinned if you shun them? I could not reconcile what I was being told.
Then these verses put it into its proper light. It is when we are called together in the name of the Lord that those that are unrepented are not to partake. They need to stand back and be part of the world that they belong. There are sacred things that we do in the name of the Lord. That is only when they cannot participate. That is why when we are unworthy we do not take part in the sacrament or things of the temple. The Savior did neither of these with those unworthy. We cannot receive further light and knowledge when we allow those unworthy to partake of holy things. Are we not guilty of treating sacred things lightly and mocking when we do so. Doing this will cause the spirit to flee.
Day 56: Tami Fitzgerald Harris
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