Unknown
Unseen
Ignored
Rejected
Misunderstood
Discipline: OT Topic
1. Uncircumcised male child – Gen. 17:14
2. Those who eat blood – Lev. 7:26-27
3. Offer of unauthorized sacrifice – Lev. 17:8-9
4. Idol worshippers – Deut. 13:6-18
5. Rebellious son – Deut. 21:18-21
6. Adam & Eve – Gen. 3 – Administered by God!
7. Korah’s rebellion – Num. 16 - Administered by God!
8. Nadab & Abihu – Lev. 10:1-2 - Administered by God!
9. Sabbath violator – Num. 15:32 - Administered by man!
10. Achan – Josh. 7 - Administered by God’s people!
Discipline: NT Topic
1. Sin against a brother – Matt. 18:15-18
2. Liars – Acts 5:1-14 - Administered by God!
3. False Teacher – Rom. 16:17; 1 Tim. 6:3-5
4. Arrogant – 1 Cor. 4:19-21
5. Immoral – 1 Cor. 5:1-13
6. Action toward penitent – 2 Cor. 2:6-11
7. Sinned & not repented – 2 Cor. 13:1-2
8. Unruly to be warned – 1 Thess. 5:14
9. Disorderly – 2 Thess. 3:6-15
10. Those who reject the faith – 1 Tim. 1:19-20
11. Elders who sin – 1 Tim. 5:19-20
12. Insubordinate – Titus 1:10-13
13. Heretics – Titus 3:10-11
Remember
Motive: Love for the Lord and the erring
Christian – Heb. 12:5-6
Does not condemn one to hell – Jn. 5:27
GOD
SIN
JOHN 5:27
Christian
Withdraw
Christian
Remember
Motive: Love for the Lord and the erring
Christian – Heb. 12:5-6
Does not condemn one to hell – Jn. 5:27
More involved than making a public
announcement – 1 Cor. 5:4-5, 11
Disciplined Christian is not an enemy –
2 Thess. 3:15
Lesson on Discipline
1. What is discipline?
2. Why discipline?
3. Who is a subject of corrective church
discipline?
4. When do we administer discipline?
5. How are we to treat the disciplined?
What Is Discipline?
Training or experience that corrects, molds,
strengthens; Esp. mental faculties or moral
character.
Primarily, an admonishing or calling to
soundness of mind or self-control.
Instructive: preventive in nature; education.
Corrective: chastising or penalizing in nature.
Means Appointed by God to Save
His Erring Children
What Is Discipline?
Training: broad idea of education
Principles of discipline basic to all relationships
Self-discipline
Parent/Child
Government/Citizen
Church/Christian
Corrective church discipline – emphasis of
lesson
Cultivation of a disciplined mind, body, & life
involves: teaching, correction, reproof,
admonition, punishment, & chastisement.
Church of Christ
Identifiable body of baptized believers working
and worshipping together.
Voluntary relationship for the good of all.
Honor and praise God.
Salvation of lost souls.
Cultivate qualities in the individual Christian that are
necessary for entrance into heaven.
Christians are to live in the doctrine of Christ.
Discipline is required to maintain this proper
relationship—both instructive and corrective.
Not Everyone True To Their
Commitments
1. Ananias & Sapphira – Acts 5:1-11
2. John Mark for a while – Acts 13:13
3. Immoral brother in Corinth – 1 Cor. 5
4. Others in Corinth – 1 Cor. 1-4
5. Hymenaeus & Alexander – 1 Tim. 1:19-20
6. Hymenaeus & Philetus – 2 Tim. 2:16-19
7. Demas – 2 Tim. 4:10
8. Diotrephes – 3 Jn. 9-10
Why Administer Discipline?
Save Soul of the Erring – 1 Cor. 5:4-5
Protect Others in the Church – 1 Cor. 5:6
Be Example to World – Matt. 5:13-16
Keep the Church Pure – 1 Cor. 5:7
Cause All Christians to Examine Their Lives –
Acts 5:12; 1 Tim. 1:20
Obey God – Mt. 18:15-18; 2 Thess. 3:6-15;
2:15; 1 Cor. 5:1-13
Subjects of Church Discipline
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Remember: It’s a sin if we fail to discipline those
we know should be disciplined – Heb. 10:26-27
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Remember purpose – Save soul lost in sin!
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Therefore, when brother sins and all other means
of restoring him fail, then this brother becomes a
subject of church discipline.
 ANY
SIN—a brother knowingly, willfully, and
impenitently continues in—unless, there are some
sins that will not damn a soul to hell.
WHO?
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Those who sin against a brother – Mt. 18:15-17
Fornicator, covetous, unclean, idolater – Eph. 3:5
Immoral, covetous, extortioner, drunkard – 1 Cor. 5:11
Blasphemers – 1 Timothy 1:20
False teachers & those causing division – Rom. 16:17
Heretics – Titus 3:10
Hypocrites – 1 Cor. 16:22
Liars, murderers, unbelieving, sorcerers – Rev. 21:8
Homosexuals, immoral, thieves, revilers – 1 Cor. 6:9-11
Elders who continue in sin – 1 Tim. 5:19-20
Those who forsake the assembly – Heb. 10:25
Those who walk disorderly – 2 Thess. 3:6
WHO?
THE
IMPENITENT
Fellowship is never severed
because of a particular sin being
committed, but rather, because
of an unrepentant attitude or
disposition of heart toward the
sin or sins committed!
WHEN?
Establish that sin has been committed:
– Sin to be proved – Mt. 18:15-17
– Proof of Achan’s sin shown to all – Josh. 7:22-23
– Cannot act on hearsay – 1 Tim. 5:19
Give time to reach erring – Matt. 18:15-17
– Time for individuals & church to act – Gal. 6:1; Jas. 5:19
– Combine cards, visits, admonishments, & prayers
After all other efforts fail – Final step – 1 Cor. 5
Withdrawal – Last Step In Long Chain of Efforts to
Save the Erring Child of God!
HOW?
Public Announcement – 1 Cor. 5:3-5
– “Mark” – Rom. 16:17
– “Withdraw” and “Note” – 2 Thess. 3:6-14
– “Reject” – Titus 3:10
Individual Action of Each Member – Rom. 16:17
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Do not keep company with him – 2 Thess. 3:14
Do not associate with him – 1 Cor. 5:11
Do not eat with him – 1 Cor. 5:11
Do not receive him 2 John 9-11
Treat as heathen & tax collector – Matt. 18:18
Proper Support of Whole Body – 2 Cor. 2:6
Who Would NOT Support
Church Discipline?
Other Sinners – 2 Cor. 12:21-13:2
Ignorant and Untaught – Lev. 5:17
Grumblers looking for a complaint
Those who think they know better than God how
to save the erring – Rom. 10:2
Those with “little faith” – 2 Cor. 5:7
Those who put fellowship with men above
fellowship with God – Matt. 10:37; Jn. 12:42-43
Power-Seekers – 2 Sam. 15:4
Corrective Church Discipline
Appointed
by God to save His erring
children!
– Who are we to fight against God? –
Acts 5:39
– Who are we to question God? –
Rom. 9:20-21
– Can we withstand God? – Acts 11:17
Questions
 Could
I work on the same job?
 Could I eat in the same café?
 Could I accept invitations from other
Christians if they also invited those who
were disciplined?
 What if my spouse is disciplined?
 What about the parent/child
relationship?
Are Family Members Exempt?
 Cut off from his people:
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Gen. 17:14
Exod. 30:33, 38
Lev. 7:20-21, 25, 27
Lev. 19:8; 23:29
Num. 9:13
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 Exod. 32:27-29
 Lev. 10:1-7
 Deut. 13:6-11; 21:18-21
 Josh. 7:15-25; Deut. 24:16
 I Sam. 3:13
 1 Kgs. 15:11-13
 Ezra 10:3, 4, 11
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Matt. 10:34-36
Matt. 12:46-50
Luke 9:62
1 Cor. 5:11
2 Thess. 3:6, 14-15
Matt. 18:15-17
Working With God To Save Souls
God Has Done His Part:
– Sacrificed His Son For Us
– Revealed Plan For Saving Souls
We Must Do Our Part:
– Warn the Unruly – 1 Thess. 5:14; Gal. 6:1
– Withdraw from Disorderly – 2 Thess. 3:6
Public Announcement – 1 Cor. 5:4-5
Private Application – 1 Cor. 5:11
Sinner Must Do His Part
– Repent, Confess, Correct – Acts 8:22