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1 | Church discipline? | 1 Tim 5:22 | Shirley Ujest | 152545 | ||
You had an interesting experience: "Some churches do not even have elders. I pointed out the need to a preacher recently and his response was, “Show me some men who are qualified and I will appoint them“. " Obviously the preacher was referring to the qualifications outlined at 1 Tim 3:1-10 and Titus 1:5-9. But I would ask: How many Forum members belong to a church that follows Paul's instructions to the Corinthian overseers at 1 Cor 5:9-13? This failure is a result of a minimization of the seriousness of willful sin. Of course, there's a lot of talk about sin and hellfire, maybe even the obomination-homosexuality. But what of cheating on taxes, premarital sex, excessive drinking, gambling, smoking and abuse of other addictive substances? Matters of conscience - I think not! Jesus knows his own that have tried to keep themselves from without defilement, like virgins. Satan's world is so corrupted and pervasive that most do not even realize the extent to which their own thinking has strayed from God's. The judgment begins with the house of God! |
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2 | Church discipline? | 1 Tim 5:22 | Searcher56 | 152550 | ||
Shirley Ujest, God's day to you. See post 152549 ... a shiftin text. Me fears that the church lacks discipline in this area, as well as enforcement ... we don't want to hurt someone else's feelings. Searcher |
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