Understanding Church Discipline and Its Importance
Church discipline plays a vital role in correcting and guiding individuals within the church community. Learn about what church discipline entails, how it should be carried out, the reasons for its practice, and how to treat an erring brother with wisdom and care.
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Church Discipline WALKING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD
What is Church Discipline? treatment that corrects or punishes training that develops self- control, character, or orderliness and efficiency Instructive preventive in nature; teaching, training, and encouragement. Corrective punitive in nature; an effort to correct a problem that has arisen.
How Church Discipline is To Be Carried Out Teaching and preaching - 2 Tim. 3:16-17 Examples of Faithful Christians - Phil. 3:17 Encouragement - Heb. 3:12-13 Private Rebukes - Matt. 18:15; Gal. 6:1 Public Rebukes - 1 Tim. 5:20; Gal. 2:11-14 Social Ostracism - Matt. 18:17; 2 Thess. 3:14-15
The Reason We Practice Church Discipline It is a command - 2 Thess. 3:6; 1 Cor. 5:4-5 To save the erring brother - 1 Cor. 5:5; James 5:19-20 Maintain the purity of the church - 1 Cor. 5:6-7 Maintain the honor and authority of Christ - 2 Thess. 1:11-12 Sends the right message - Acts 5:11
How the Erring Brother is To Be Treated do not keep company with him that he may be ashamed - 2 Thess. 3:14 Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother - 2 Thess. 3:15
