1. Discipline

2. God’s Discipline
“Teaching or training which corrects, molds, strengthens, or perfects” (Webster)
Includes preventative discipline
Ephesians 6:4
Romans 13:1-7 Warning lest sting of law be felt
Galatians 5: Forewarn of dangers
Involves correction – “Punishment; chastisement, control gained by enforcing obedience or order” (Webster)

3. Discipline in the Patriarchal Age
With Adam
Genesis 2:15-17
Genesis 3:6
Genesis 3:22-24
In Noah’s time
Genesis 6:5; 1 Peter 3:19-20; Genesis 7:21
With Lot’s wife
Genesis 19:17, 26; Luke 17:32

4. God’s Discipline in the Mosaic Age
With Moses
Numbers 20:8
Numbers 20:11-12
With Israel and Achan
Joshua 6:17-18
Joshua 7:1, 11-13, 25-26
With a prophet
1 Kings 13:7-10, 21-24

5. God’s Discipline in the Christian Age
With Ananias and Sapphira
Acts 5:1-11
Acts 5:14 Increase followed
A warning from history
1 Corinthians 10:5-12

6. Responsibility to Discipline Self
James 1:27
1 John 2:15-17
1 Timothy 5:22
2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1
Matthew 5:23-24

7. Responsibility Toward Our Brothers
Hebrews 10:24-25
Matthew 18:15-17
Galatians 6:1-2
Jude 23
James 5:19-20

8. Preventative Discipline
Through Teaching
Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 20:26-27; 2 Timothy 4:1-2
Relying on God and his word
Acts 20:32; Ephesians 6:11
Supporting the weak
Acts 20:35; Hebrews 12:12-13
Watching for false teachers
Acts 20:28-31; 2 Timothy 4:3-5
Warning those in error
Titus 3:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:14

9. Purposes of Discipline
To show our love
2 Corinthians 2:4, 7-8; 1 Corinthians 13:6; Hebrews 12:5-6; Proverbs 13:24
That the spirit may be saved
1 Corinthians 5:5; Hebrews 12:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:14; Titus 1:13; Matthew 18:15b
To rid the church of sin
1 Corinthians 5:6-8; Ephesians 5:5-8; Matthew 5:16, 29-30; 2 Peter 2:1-3

10. Corrective Discipline
For a sin against a brother – Matthew 18:15-17
For members in sin – 1 Corinthians 5:4-5, 11; 2 Thessalonians 3:6, (withdraw—”shrink from a person or thing,” Vine); 1 Timothy 5:19-20
For the false teacher – 1 Timothy 6:3-5; Titus 1:9-13; 2 John 9-11; Romans 16:17-18
Includes loving acceptance of the penitent – 2 Corinthians 2:6-8, 11