Applying Corrective Discipline Who is subject to it
Applying Corrective Discipline Who is subject to it? Privately & publicly known sin Congregational & individual action When it is not properly used
Purposes of Corrective Church Discipline Save the lost Protect the saved 1 Ths. 5: 14; 2 Ths. 3: 6, 14 -15 1 Cor. 5: 4 -7 2
Who is Subject to Corrective Church Discipline? “every brother who walks disorderly” • Walks disorderly –(ataktos) – “out of ranks (often so of soldiers)…deviating from the prescribed order or rule” –Apostolic tradition – 2 Ths. 3: 6 (2: 15) 2 Thessalonians 3: 6 3
Who is Subject to Corrective Church Discipline? “every brother who walks disorderly” Overtaken in sin & refuses to repent (Gal. 6: 1; Mt. 18: 17) Factious (Titus 3: 10 -11) False teachers (Rom. 16: 17 -18) 2 Thessalonians 3: 6 4
Privately Known Sin Between Brethren • Sin between / against brethren • Individual’s duty: – Go alone to resolve – Matt. 18: 15 – Take one or two others – Matt. 18: 16 • Church’s duty: Attempt to restore; If refused, publicly withdraw – Matt. 18: 17 Matt. 18: 15 -20 (Jas. 5: 19; Gal. 6: 1) 5
Publicly Known Sin • Moral sins – 1 Cor. 5: 1 -5 • Doctrinal errors – Rom. 16: 17 -18 – Mark (skopeo) – “to look at, observe, contemplate; to mark” (Thayer, 579); “to fix one’s eyes upon, direct one’s attention to, any one” (OBGL) – Avoid (ekklino) - “to turn (one’s self) away, to turn away from, keep aloof from one’s society” 6
Publicly Known Sin • Divisive (factious) behavior – Titus 3: 10 -11 – Refuse (ASV) (paraiteomai) - “decline…to shun, avoid” (OBGL) • All who walk disorderly – 2 Ths. 3: 6, 14 – Withdraw (stello) – “to remove one’s self, withdraw one’s self, to depart” (OBGL) – Note (semeioo) – “to mark, to note, distinguish by marking; to mark or note for oneself” (OBGL) 7
Publicly Known Sin • New Testament examples: – 1 Cor. 5: 3 -5 – Congregational gathering – Gal. 2: 11 -14 – Immediate, public resistance of the sinful conduct (cf. 1 Tim. 5: 20) – 1 Tim. 1: 19 -20 – Delivered to Satan • Charges & persons publicly identified • cf. 2 Tim. 2: 17 -18; 4: 14 -15 8
Congregational Action • Publicly identify the disorderly one, taking note of his sin – 1 Cor. 5: 4 -5 – The church “marks” or “notes” the Christian who is walking in sin (will not repent) – Includes false teacher (teaching is divisive, deceitful & destructive, 1 Tim. 1: 20; 2 Tim. 2: 17 -18) 9
Individual Action • Remove social interaction – “Keep no company with” – 1 Cor. 5: 11 – “Put away…” – 1 Cor. 5: 13 – “Withdraw yourselves” – 2 Ths. 3: 6, 14 • Continue to warn – 2 Ths. 3: 15 – Have no fellowship with – 2 Tim. 3: 5 (Eph. 5: 11; 2 Jno. 10 -11) 10
When Not Obeyed • Without congregational action, sin infiltrates the church – 1 Cor. 5: 6 -7 (2) • Without individual action, no pressure to repent is brought to bear on the sinner – 2 Cor. 2: 6 -7 Hebrews 12: 11; 2 Corinthians 2: 9 11
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