We traced the idea of church discipline in our previous contribution to the fact that the Church is God’s temple, and that this holy place must be well-ordered and clean. “Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man destroyeth the temple of God, […]

THE PURITY OF THE CHURCH It is the task of Christ’s office-bearers to keep the Church pure. This is a principal objective in the exercise of church discipline, and to it we would pay attention in this and a following article. Frankly speaking, we are now considering the fact that the Bible enjoins the Church to […]

How should the discipline of the church be carried out? What ought to characterize the manner of conduct of those who must admonish and warn the members of the flock of God? Love ought always to govern all our actions with respect to one another, of course, and that includes the exercise of church discipline. Rom. 12:10, […]

We have continued that Christian believers can do the work of church discipline, basing our opinion upon Romans 15:14, “And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.” Similar expressions are found in such passages as Colossians 3:16, “Let the word of […]

Church discipline, like most good things, can bear repeated emphasis, not only because of its essential significance to the church on earth but also because its glory is so great that there is no possibility of reaching the ultimate depth of the Truth which it seeks to apply! This is an introduction to a series […]