1. Society is Soft on Discipline Parental No spanking! Governmental No capital punishment! Personal Trainers Religious Mega-churches

2. I I Mt.18:15-20, Brother – Brother Command 1. Command Go and tell…alone Reason 2. Reason: gain. 1 Pt.3:1 Application 3. Application: church gets involved only if previous efforts fail Authority 4. Authority: Heaven approves, endorses, requires it (18-20)

3. Mt.181 Co.5, 2 Th.3 Brother sins against you Doesn’t tell father to go You and him alone 1 Co.1:11; 5:1 Take 2-3 morex

4. II II 1 Co.5 * Flagrant sin of two people; affects entire congregation, 1 * A proud congregation, 2. Rv.3:17 * Paul writes from Ephesus, 3 (16:8) * Paul appeals to Name of Christ, 4 * Deliver the man to satan, 5 Mt.12:26 Recognize his state…1 Co.6:9

5. * Boasters ignore danger, 6 * Leaven is dangerous, 7-8 (Mt.16:12) * Christians are also members of society, 9-10 * We must distinguish between sinners of the world and sinners in the church, 11-13 We cannot w/draw from the world If a Christian won’t put his sins away, the church must put him away

6. III III 2 Th.3:6-15 1 Th.5:14... 2 Th.3:6 Three descriptive words: w/draw … walk … disorderly (6, 7, 11) Four explanatory words (14): note (mark, take note of) do not obey… do not keep company that he may be ashamed

7. IV IV Application Three participants in discipline: 1. Those who walk disorderly Synonyms: Gain Gain (Mt.18) Saved Saved, 1 Co.5:5; 1 Co.9:19-22 Ashamed Ashamed, 2 Th.3:15 Restore Restore Ga.6:1 This man’s worst enemy... This man’s greatest friend...

8. 2. Those who are spiritual, Gal. 6:1 Jehu, 2 K.9-10: Obeyed, was commended, 10:30 Scripture, 9:26, 36; 10:10, 17 Yet, Hos.1:4 He did right things for wrong reasons (2 K.10:29, 31)

9. 3. The church Rv.2:14-16; 3:19 If a church does not discipline the disorderly, the Lord will discipline that church for being disorderly, and remove its lamp stand

10. Sinner is accountable for his own sins He cannot blame others Mt.18:17 1 Co.5 (6:9-11) 2 Th. 3 (1 Th.1:9-10) 2 Th. 3:15, ashamed Sinners need to feel shame

11. Authority to blame others for our sins Genesis 3 “When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on them- selves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others” (John Newton)