1 Corinthians 5:4-6 Turn Him Over to Satan . . . that He Might be Saved Where does a boat belong? A boat belongs in the water and it is good for a boat to be in the water but when the water starts coming into the boat you have got a serious problem that needs immediate attention or you will sink. Where…

1 Corinthians 5:6-13 Purge out the Old Leaven Today’s message is a little bit like the pre-flight review of emergency procedures on a commercial airline. It is important information that is best given before a crisis arises but you pray that you will never need to act on the information given. Today’s…

Intervention Enabling All addicts Addicted to sin Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Discourse (On the church) In 16 he empowered the church with the “Keys…

INTRODUCTION · Basic Training – Training to Be Good Soldiers “3 You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.” · GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE: A lot of…

There are many ways we can disobey Jesus’ words in Matthew 18. We can fail to deal with sin. After all, didn’t Jesus say, “Judge not, lest ye be judged yourself?” We can carry out these steps with too much enthusiasm, looking to cleanse the Church of sinners, pulling up those weeds that the Evil One…

ss=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>1) 7-21-09…AM…SBC 2)“A Ghastly Pandemic” Part 1 Mark 10:1-12 Introduction: 1- there is a battle going on today that reaches farther than the borders of Iraq, Afghanistan and North Korea 2- this battlefront reaches not only our borders but the borders…

Construction Complete Thank you for your Patience We are all of us works in progress. Judgement that Condemns Confusing Judgement with Judgemental The kind of judgement Jesus forbids is the write off of anyone outside the church Why? It denies that power of God. It places us in position that we cannot…

For anyone to claim that the church doesn't have problems with sin have been living under a rock for 2000 years. It is true to a certain extent, that all sin is alike to God. But incest with their "father's wife"? Back in "the day" this was looked on as unthinkable, even among those living in the culture known for rampant sexual immorality. How to handle it? And how are Christians supposed to handle sin in non-Christian culture anyway? Come with the Grace United crew as we seek to discover what a wordly church is like and how to avoid trying to make the world "churchy".

I suspect most people who have been in the church for any length of time have witnessed conflict in the church. Sometimes the conflict is brief and minor. However, at other times, the conflict can be destructive and drawn out. Churches have split. People have walked away from the faith. And the reputation…

The Church Must Discipline Apostate Christians

Church Discipline by J. Hampton Keathley III Though church discipline is a very difficult area of doctrine and one hard to practice, it nevertheless rests upon the divine authority of Scripture and is vital to the purity, power, progress and purpose, of the church. The responsi­bility and necessity for…

Introduction He lives on the edge of my mind - a friend and former colleague who hurt me deeply. He makes his home several hundred miles away, but every so often he walks through the borders of my memory. I have to choose again to forgive him. He lives on the edge of my mind - a friend and former colleague…

Inscription: Writing God’s Words on Our Hearts & Minds Part 40: Spiritual Leadership Ezra 7-10 December 5, 2010 Prep: · 114, leftovers (pg. 1) · Hope Management Scripture reading: aDVENT READING Luke 1: 26-45 (Eddie?) Intro Before we get started, I want to give you a brief lay of the land, of our sermons…

INTRODUCTION: Church discipline is not very common in the contemporary church, and, because it is rarely done, when it is done, it is rarely done well. As with everything, we have to turn to the Scriptures for guidance and protection. And in turning to the Scriptures, we are not just looking for procedures,…

Are children born innocent? What is church discipline? What is the process of church discipline? How many times should I be ready to forgive? Did the apostles determine what would be bound (required) or loosed (not required)?

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this message is to explain and defend a certain practice required by our church constitution, and to do so in the only manner acceptable to us, which is through an appeal to the Scriptures. In recent months, we have had a small flurry of suspensions from the Lord’s Supper,…

Text: Rev. 2:18-29 Thesis: To prove that one must practice church discipline in order to be approved by the Lord. Introduction: 1. Jesus Christ addresses the church at Thyatira. a. His eyes are like unto a flame of fire. (1) Old Testament writers often associated fire with the judgment of God (e.g. Isa.…

Introduction I really love my children. But, what I’ve come to realize is that my children are sinners. Because they are sinners, they have to be disciplined. And so, I’m in that uncomfortable position now of knowing exactly what our parents meant back when they said, “This will hurt me more than it…

O.B.C. 5/2/93 The Church (Part three of four) "The Hurt That Helps" ill. Swindoll's house - rotting possum in the attic. For some time, the world has sensed something wrong in the church of Jesus Christ in America. There has been a smell of something that was not right. In the last several years, greed,…

The Global War on Error in Doctrine and Conduct within the Church (Titus 1:10-14) Preached by Pastor Phil Layton at Gold Country Baptist Church on June 29, 2008 www.goldcountrybaptist.org The following is how someone has described what the model minister or elder should be like: -It is guaranteed that…

What is church discipline and how should churches practice it today?

A biblical survey of God's teaching on church discipline situations.

In our pursuit of holiness we take sin serious in our lives, and in the lives of others. God cares about us enough to put in a community of mutual accountability and care.

Construction Complete Thank you for your Patience We are all of us works in progress. Judgement that Condemns Confusing Judgement with Judgemental The kind of judgement Jesus forbids is the write off of anyone outside the church Why? It denies that power of God. It places us in position that we cannot…