What Is Discipline? 1. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement. 2. Punishment intended to correct or train --The American Heritage Dictionary

What Is Discipline? 1. Punishment. 2. Instruction. 3. Training that molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character. --Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

The Action Taken In Church Discipline 1 Thessalonians 5:14: “Now we exhort you, brethren, WARN them that are unruly…”

The Action Taken In Church Discipline 1 Corinthians 5:11-13: Not To Keep Company = “to mix together, i.e., associate with” (Strong’s Greek/Hebrew Dictionary). 2. No Not To Eat = No social contact with the individual.” Put Away From Among Yourselves = “to lift up or to take away out of a place; to remove” (Thayer’s Greek Definitions).

The Action Taken In Church Discipline 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 14: 1. Withdraw Yourselves = “abstain from associating with” (Strong’s Greek/Hebrew Dictionary). “To remove oneself, to abstain from familiar intercourse with one” (Thayer). 2. Have No Company With = Same word used in 1 Cor. 5:11. 3. Note That Man = “to distinguish, I.e., mark for avoidance” (Strong’s Greek/Hebrew Dictionary).

When Is A Commandment Of God Modified? When There Is A Higher Command! Obeying civil law gives in to obeying God Obeying husbands or parents gives in to obeying God Exercising liberties gives in to love of brethren

Different Relationships Of Life Church Family Civil Government Community Business

When Association Can Continue THERE MUST BE A RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT DEMANDS ASSOCIATION!!!

Different Relationships Of Life Church Family Civil Government Community Business

Different Relationships Of Life THERE MUST BE A RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT DEMANDS ASSOCIATION!!! Church Family Civil Government Community Business

Different Relationships Of Life THERE MUST BE A RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT DEMANDS ASSOCIATION!!! Yes Husband and Wife Church Family Civil Government Community Business

Different Relationships Of Life THERE MUST BE A RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT DEMANDS ASSOCIATION!!! No Brothers according to the flesh Church Family Civil Government Community Business

Different Relationships Of Life THERE MUST BE A RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT DEMANDS ASSOCIATION!!! Yes Parent – Adolescent Child Church Family Civil Government Community Business

Different Relationships Of Life THERE MUST BE A RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT DEMANDS ASSOCIATION!!! No Parent – Grown Child Church Family Civil Government Community Business

ADOLESCENCE “The time of life from onset of puberty to full adulthood, falling APPROXIMATELY between the ages of 12 and 21, and is characterized by physical changes and a movement toward PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE which vary significantly from person to person and from one culture to another” --Concise Columbia Encyclopedia