When Fellowship is Withdrawn A Study of Church

When Fellowship is Withdrawn A Study of Church Discipline

1 Timothy 1: 18 -20 1. Faithful to the Truth and Conscience -Know and Stand for the truth -Teach the whole counsel of God -Know truth – do what is right. 2. False Teachers Disciplined: - “Rejected” the truth: to teach a condemnable doctrine. - “Shipwreck” the faith – convince others of error. - “Delivered to Satan” – 1 John 5: 19;

Matthew 18: 15 -20 1. The Problem: - “a brother sins against you. ” -Specific, but not exact. 2. The Procedure: -Private Meeting -Small Group Meeting: (Deut. 19: 15) -Revealed to the Church -Disciplinary Action: “let him be to you as a heathen and tax collector. ”

1 Corinthians 5: 1 -13 1. The Situation (verses 1 -2) -The Sin of the Man and the Church: Sexual immorality (adultery or fornication). Response from the church was wrong. 2. The Solution (verses 3 -13) -What? “remove from among you” and “deliver to Satan. ” -Why? Reasons: (1) Purify his soul, (2) Purity of the church, (3) Passover of

2 Thessalonians 3: 6 -15 1. The Command Toward the Sinner (v 6) -What? “keep away” -Who? A brother who walks in idleness. 2. The Circumstances of the Sinner (vs 7 -12) -The example of Paul (vs 7 -9) -The Commands of Paul (vs 10 -12): “man won’t work, neither shall he eat. ” “work quietly, earn a living. ”

3 Questions: 1. What is church discipline? 2. Who is disciplined? 3. When and Why is disciplined practiced?

1. What is church “Fellowship” – found 14 times in the NT. discipline? Basic idea is sharing, join participation, community, association. A 2 sided relation. There is a difference between those who abandon the fellowship, and those who are still in fellowship in matters of church discipline.

1. What is church “deliver to Satan” – 1 Tim. 1: 19; 1 Cor. discipline? 5: 5 “let him to you as a gentile and a tax collector” – Matthew 18: 17 “removed from among you” - 1 Cor. 5: 11 “not associate with” – 1 Cor. 5: 11 “purge from among them – 1 Cor. 5: 13 “have nothing to do with” – 2 Thess. 3: 13 -15

2. Who is disciplined? ANY SIN/ THING COULD CAUSE HIM TO LOSE HIS SOUL! -Brother who sins against you – Mat. 18 -Cause division – Rom. 16: 17 -Immoral sins – 1 Cor. 5 -False doctrine – 1 Tim. 1 -Those who are able to work, but refuse – 2 Thess. 3

3. Why and When is it Practiced? When? -The process of Matthew 18; Galatians 6: 1. Why? -Gain a brother – Matthew 18 -learn not to blaspheme – 1 Timothy 1 -Soul saved – 1 Cor. 5 -Purity of the church – 1 Cor. 5 -Jesus is our Passover – 1 Cor. 5