1 C orinthians 5 Corinthian Sin The mans sin unrepentant incest The churchs sin silence Pauls Solution Church Discipline judged pass a verdict and sentence to a punishment ID: 428863
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Accountable in an Unaccountable World
1
C
orinthians
5Slide2
Corinthian Sin
The man’s sin:
unrepentant incestThe church’s sin: silenceSlide3
Paul’s Solution: Church Discipline
“judged” = pass a verdict and sentence to a punishment
removal from fellowship of the church“deliver such a one to Satan”Slide4
WHEN
do we exercise Church discipline?
Only for professing Christians Slide5
WHEN
do we exercise Church discipline?
Only for professing Christians guilty of…
…AND unwilling to repent
sex
outside
marriage
greed and
theft
idolatry
abuse
drunkard, addict
heretical
teaching
divisiveness
unwillingness to
workSlide6
WHEN
do we exercise Church discipline?
Only for professing Christians guilty of…serious sin and unwilling to repentwill not agree that behavior is sin
will not commit to change
will not get help to change
Slide7
HOW
do we exercise Church discipline?
STEP 1: Examine yourselfGalatians 6:1 Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Slide8
HOW
do we exercise Church discipline?
STEP 1: Examine yourselfSTEP 2: Confront privatelyMatthew 18:15
If
your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. Slide9
HOW
do we exercise Church discipline?
STEP 1: Examine yourselfSTEP 2: Confront privately1
Peter 4:8
Above
all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins
.Slide10
HOW
do we exercise Church discipline?
STEP 1: Examine yourselfSTEP 2: Confront privatelySTEP 3: Bring help
Matthew 18:16
But
if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. Slide11
HOW
do we exercise Church discipline?
STEP 1: Examine yourselfSTEP 2: Confront privatelySTEP 3: Bring help
STEP 4: Take it to an elder
Matthew 18:17
If
he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the
church…Slide12
HOW
do we exercise Church discipline?
STEP 1: Examine yourselfSTEP 2: Confront privatelySTEP 3: Bring help
STEP 4: Take it to an elder
STEP 5: Remove and isolate the unrepentant sinnerSlide13
HOW
do we exercise Church discipline?
Matthew 18:17...and
if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Slide14
WHY
do we exercise Church discipline?
For the good of the church1 Timothy 5:20
Those
who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning
.Slide15
WHY
do we exercise Church discipline?
For the good of the worldSlide16
WHY
do we exercise Church discipline?
For the good of the sinner1 Corinthians 5:
5
...deliver
such a one to Satan for the destruction of
the [his]
flesh, so that
the [his]
spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Slide17
WHY
do we exercise Church discipline?
For the good of the sinner “Flesh”
his physical body
his fleshly lustsSlide18
WHY
do we exercise Church discipline?
For the good of the sinner “Saved”
not from
hell
from further sin and discipline
Slide19
WHY
do we exercise Church discipline?
For the good of the sinner
James 5:19–20
My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.Slide20
WHY
do we exercise Church discipline?
For the good of the sinner
2 Corinthians 2:6–8
Sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority, so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.Slide21
WHY
do we exercise Church discipline?
For the good of the sinner
Hebrews 12:6, 10-11
For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines... for our good, so that we may share His holiness. All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Slide22
application
We are accountable
We are responsibleSlide23
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