True Church Discipline with guest Pastor Jeff Noblit

[valambiguous]

Teaching and preaching the simple gospel in a nutshell, IS the power of God unto salvation and THAT being done to everyone. The Holy Spirit is the rod and staff that will chastise, as well as comfort believers. It is God who builds His Church on the Rock, who is Jesus Christ alone. The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. The gospel is our only discipline, and then Church government will follow.

[PrinceJohn757]

Praise the Lord for true servants of Christ who have "the sentence of death" in them for the sake upholding the Gospel in love, purity and truth. Excellent post.

[mrspogadaeus]

So many have lost the godly fear of the Lord because so many churches do not practice church discipline, or if they do, they practice such a diluted form of discipline that it is basically impotent. As a result, the church has become filled with sin and a laughingstock in the eyes of those we are supposed to be reaching. Lord help us to shed the fear of man and start being the church without spot or blemish... a Bride fit for the Groom.

[fishboi87]

no, its because weve taken the blade off the gospel, were trying to make goats act like sheep, ill tell you HIS SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE AND FOLLOW HIM. AMEN

[mrspogadaeus]

Also true... but there was only room for 500 characters or less in the comment box, so I kept it brief.

But I have seen the goats get slaps on wrists and allowed to continue in their sin... it is a reproach to the body. But it is also true that the Gospel has been watered down and therefore taken the double edged sword and sheathed it in the scabbard of either fear or complacency - or both.

[LaneCh]

I recommend the sermon that Paul Washer gave last earlier tonight at the Sermonindex Revival Conference (10.22.08). He doesn't just touch on this subject; he delved into it. You can find the link to it at my site (not the Youtube one, but my blog).