Speaking the Truth in Love

Speaking the Truth in Love

Church Discipline

Murray Wade
08/21/01 - Knoxville TV

THE CHURCH IS RESPONSIBLE:

  1. "Tell is to the church" - Matt. 18:17 
  2. "When you are gathered together" - 1 Cor. 5:4 
  3. "Repent" - Rev. 2:12-17

CHURCH ACTION: 
 

  1. "Deliver such a one to Satan" - 1 Cor. 5:5 
  2. "Therefore put away from yourselves that wicked person" - 1 Cor. 5:13 
  3. The church is to cause the offender to hear - Matt. 18:17 
  4. The offender should be noted or identified - 2 Thess. 3:14; Rom. 16:17

PURPOSE: 
 

  1. "That he may be ashamed" - 2 Thess. 3:14 
  2. "That the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord" - 1 Cor. 5:5

SUBJECTS FOR DISCIPLINE:

  1. The disorderly - 2 Thess. 3:6 
  2. Those who will not work - 2 Thess. 3:11 
  3. The busybodies - 2 Thess. 3:11 
  4. The divisive (factious ASV) - Titus 3:10 
  5. Those who cause divisions and offenses - Rom. 16:17 
  6. Those who do not abide in the doctrine - 2 John 9-11 
  7. The fornicator - 1 Cor. 5:11 
  8. The covetous - 1 Cor. 5:11 
  9. The idolater - 1 Cor. 5:11 
  10. The reviler - 1 Cor. 5:11 
  11. The drunkard - 1 Cor. 5:11 
  12. The extortioner - 1 Cor. 5:11

AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL IS MADE:

  1. Note who they are - Rom. 16:17; 2 Thess. 3:14; Phil. 3:17-18 
  2. Do not keep company with - 2 Thess. 3:14; 1 Cor. 5:11 
  3. Do not eat with - 1 Cor. 5:11 
  4. Do not receive into your house - 2 John 10 
  5. Do not bid him God's speed - 2 John 10-11 
  6. Count him as a heathen and a publican - Matt. 18:17 
  7. Avoid - Rom. 16:17; 1 Tim. 6:5; 2 Tim. 3:5 
  8. Reject - Titus 3:10 
  9. Count not as an enemy but admonish as a brother - 2 Thess. 3:15

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