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1 | Is it wrong to preach against sin? | Matt 7:2 | New Creature | 60561 | ||
I believe it is the churches duty and responsibility to teach against sin in and among the body of Christ. Judgement is passed on to sinning members of the body. Sin in the church is an issue that Scripture tells us must be dealt with. Mt 18:15 ¶ Moreover if thy brother (meaning Christian believing brother) shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy (Christian) brother. 16 But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or two more, (Christian brothers) that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the church: (not the civil authorities) but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. Sounds like sin must be dealt with within the body in Matthew and also in 1 Cor. 5 when Paul talks about a professing believer that because of his sin should be purged out, because a little leaven (meaning sin) leavens the whole body. If we don't quench it where it starts then it will spread. But the goal is restoration of the one sinning. That he may feel ashamed. This is why we have leaders within the church, which are to deal with members of the body of Christ which while professing to be in Christ remain in willful, unconfessed lifestyles of habitual sin. Read the account below, and notice THOSE INSIDE (meaning professed believers) are judged by the church body. But THOSE OUTSIDE (meaning unbelievers) God will judge. Judging unbelievers is not our job. We are to love them to Christ. 1 Cor. 5:1 It is reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. 3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, [concerning] him that hath so done this deed, 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth. 9 ¶ I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person |
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2 | ...with such an one no not to eat? | Matt 7:2 | Pastor Glenn | 60571 | ||
New Creature, Very well said. How about this verse that you posted? 1 Cor. 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. It appears to refer to "THOSE INSIDE". Does that mean that it is OK to eat with this person AFTER he is excommunicated? Also, do we treat this person differently than those sinners that have not called themselves "Christian"? God Bless, Pastor Glenn |
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3 | ...with such an one no not to eat? | Matt 7:2 | justme | 60575 | ||
passtor Glenn: would you be so kink as to take a few moments and fill out some information about yourself in the UPDATE USER INFO. We really know so very little about you, and it makes us feel more like family. Thanks for your sharing. chairo, justme |
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4 | ...with such an one no not to eat? | Matt 7:2 | Pastor Glenn | 60586 | ||
OK justme, My update is now done. Pastor Glenn |
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5 | ...with such an one no not to eat? | Matt 7:2 | justme | 60589 | ||
Glen: Having pastored a amall church near the rail yard in Kansas City, where bullets and fights were a regular display of affection, I can pray for your ministry with genuine concern. Thanks for letting us get to know youbetter. chairo, justme |
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