And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
[[Has anyone been at a church which has done this? Rightly or wrongly? …]]
ENCOURAGING REMINDERS
“I needed to hear that”
p. 88 — “Church discipline at this last stage is the flip side of church membership. …undermine the credibility of your profession.”
pp. 90-91 — “Our world understands love to be the fire…Far too often, Christians succumb to this understanding of love.”
Proverbs 15:31–33 “One who listens to life-giving rebukes will be at home among the wise. Anyone who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever listens to correction acquires good sense. The fear of the Lord is what wisdom teaches, and humility comes before honor.”
p. 95 — “If God is love, we love people by sharing…because their only hope of life and love is to recognize that they are cutting themselves off from God.”
CLUELESS CONCEPTS
“I’m not sure what this means.”
CHALLENGING CONSIDERATIONS
“I’m not sure I agree.”
Church discipline in general…
The Matthew 18 process…
The 1 Corinthians 5 process or purposes (p. 93)…
Discipline/Removal of ministry staff (Ex: Nathan Rose at Liberty Baptist Church, noted by Jared Wilson)…
1 John 4:16 CSB
And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
