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NASB | Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 3:23 since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God, |
Bible Question: I have a brother who continues to outwardly sin. Do I not let him into our bible study group or discipline by separation in any way? |
Bible Answer: I think in order to answer this you have to know whether the brother you are referring to is a Christian or not. While all should be dealt with in true love, there are some differences as to how to handle this. Obviously if he's not a Christian then like the other post said he knows no better, and no I would not separate him from your Bible study, but encourage him more and more to come actually. If he is a Christian, I would approach him about this sin that you see- (in humbleness of course, hoping that he would do the same for you if he saw something contrary to Christ in your life). In Matthew 18 and the very end of 1 Corinthians 5 we are told to approach our Christian brothers and sisters when we see sin.. sometimes it may take a very very humble person to point out sin to you b/c we are so easily blinded to our own sin (and to what IS sin and ISNT sin). In Matthew it does discuss separation (I'm not sure to what degree, etc) but only after he (a believer) has been approached first by one person, then by 2-3, then by the church. The purpose of ALL of this is repentance!! So this is not to be done in malice and it is to be done w/ a lot of prayer and gentleness, hoping to enlighten the person and encourage them to repent! We are called to live above reproach and we all need help and encouragement to do that. |