Speaking the Truth in Love
Church Discipline
THE CHURCH IS RESPONSIBLE:
- "Tell is to the church" - Matt. 18:17
- "When you are gathered together" - 1 Cor. 5:4
- "Repent" - Rev. 2:12-17
CHURCH ACTION:
- "Deliver such a one to Satan" - 1 Cor. 5:5
- "Therefore put away from yourselves that wicked person" - 1 Cor. 5:13
- The church is to cause the offender to hear - Matt. 18:17
- The offender should be noted or identified - 2 Thess. 3:14; Rom. 16:17
PURPOSE:
- "That he may be ashamed" - 2 Thess. 3:14
- "That the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord" - 1 Cor. 5:5
SUBJECTS FOR DISCIPLINE:
- The disorderly - 2 Thess. 3:6
- Those who will not work - 2 Thess. 3:11
- The busybodies - 2 Thess. 3:11
- The divisive (factious ASV) - Titus 3:10
- Those who cause divisions and offenses - Rom. 16:17
- Those who do not abide in the doctrine - 2 John 9-11
- The fornicator - 1 Cor. 5:11
- The covetous - 1 Cor. 5:11
- The idolater - 1 Cor. 5:11
- The reviler - 1 Cor. 5:11
- The drunkard - 1 Cor. 5:11
- The extortioner - 1 Cor. 5:11
AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL IS MADE:
- Note who they are - Rom. 16:17; 2 Thess. 3:14; Phil. 3:17-18
- Do not keep company with - 2 Thess. 3:14; 1 Cor. 5:11
- Do not eat with - 1 Cor. 5:11
- Do not receive into your house - 2 John 10
- Do not bid him God's speed - 2 John 10-11
- Count him as a heathen and a publican - Matt. 18:17
- Avoid - Rom. 16:17; 1 Tim. 6:5; 2 Tim. 3:5
- Reject - Titus 3:10
- Count not as an enemy but admonish as a brother - 2 Thess. 3:15