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CHURCH DISCIPLINE & LOVE ~ 10 of 12

Abuse & Church Discipline

...here is one example of church discipline abuse. Satan wants us to go from one extreme to the other - never exercise Biblical church discipline or exercise abusive church discipline. One is just as evil as the other.

NT Solution 1 - Plurality of teachers...

NT Solution 2 - God’s greatest gift to the church...

CHURCH DISCIPLINE & LOVE ~ 9 of 12

John & Church Discipline

“If anyone comes to you and does not teach the truth about Christ, don’t receive that person into your home and do not give him a greeting. Anyone who greets him takes part in his wicked work.” (2 John 1:10-11)

God's Family Plan 1 or 24

God's 5th Commandment!

God's Ten Commandments are fundamental to the whole Bible and for all of life itself. Jesus said...

When most hear this Commandment, they usually think of applying it for young children. But God's 5th Command is not directed just to young children...

The 5th Commandment is the ONLY one of the Ten Commandments with God’s promise!

* What would living long mean?

* What could it mean to live well?

* What are things that many people spend endless time and money on to live longer? What guarantee do they have that it will add one day to their life?

* How much do you want to live a long good life?

God’s Family Plan ~ Introduction

Today, of all the battles raging in the world, the battle against the family is one of the greatest! However, most Christian families don't seem to have a clue as to what God's biblical family model was, or that there even is a biblical family plan model. In this Series, many will discover to their amazement, that God’s family plan is far from what they thought and thereby missing some of the best of life there is!

There are many books that focus on husband/wife relationships or how to raise young children. But I don’t know of any that address or know about God’s family plan with adult sons and daughters. To not know this end of God’s Family Plan, is to NOT know how to instruct sons and daughters for their future when they’re younger, much less when they’re older.

When reading this, some of you might feel it is too late and wish you had known this long before. But it is never too late, as you will see...

Titus & Church Discipline

CHURCH DISCIPLINE & LOVE ~ 8 of 12

Of all the sins in a church, divisiveness is the most common and the most destructive. It is the only sin that Paul singles out for Titus to discipline. It is Satan’s #1 spiritual warfare weapon.

Matthew 18 is different than Titus 3 for church discipline.

The divisive Christian

Prov. 17:15: Acquitting the guilty… is an abomination to the Lord.

Peace & Joy

CHURCH DISCIPLINE & LOVE ~ 7 of 12

Timothy & Church Discipline

You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be...

Sadly some Christians have some of these character traits. Paul concludes in saying - “They will act religious...

Did you realize here in 2 Timothy 3:1-5 there are actually 20 different ungodly character traits:

Wife Directive 10: Sarah's Daughters

There are 5 specific action steps a wife can take to affect a husband who is disobedient to the Word.

God has a counter intuitive plan for a woman who wants to be holy to affect any husband who is disobedient to the Word, to be won without a word.

Some women have been ignorantly taught to reprove their husband based on Matthew 18:15-17...

How to make yourself beautiful...

“You are Sarah’s daughter if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.”

Husband Directive 10(b): Do You Follow Your Wife?

But to conclude this series, there is one thing even far more important than loving your wife - that’s your love for Jesus!

(Luke 14:26): "If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple."

Now what does this mean?

With some husband/wife relationships, regardless how much the husband tries to love and lead his wife, though no husband is perfect, there will still be some wives who will not “submit to their husband” as ordained by the Lord.

For example, what should a husband do if he has been patient and loving with his wife, has a heart for God, and totally believes the Lord wants him to do something, or even move to another city, but his wife would refuse to go?

Husbands who followed wives instead of God...

Husbands who followed God instead of wives...

The excuse of a wife for not following Jesus...

God's Law 3: Cities of Refuge & No More Prisons Or Police

JESUS SAID (Mat. 5:19): DO & TEACH GOD'S LAW

There were no prisons and no police force under God’s Law and there was no need for them!

JESUS SAID (Mat. 5:19): DO & TEACH GOD'S LAW

For America’s first two centuries, America was primarily following God’s Law and there were no prisons and no municipal police forces in all of America. And they had no real need for either, as murder was few and far between!

Unlike today in the United States, there are over 2 million people incarcerated in 6,361 prisons... Welcome to a nation that has forsaken God’s glorious Law!

God’s Law with no prisons and no municipal police forces will ONLY work if following ALL of God’s Law. But when following all God’s Law...

God's Law 2: Do Not Add Or Subtract Laws

JESUS SAID (Mat. 5:19): DO & TEACH GOD'S LAW!   

"Do not add other laws or subtract from these; just obey them, for they are from the Lord your God." (Deut. 4:2).

"The Law of the Lord is perfect!"

The United States Constitution has been amended 27 times because it is not God’s perfect Law. And Congress passes hundreds of new laws annually and enacts 4-6 million words of new law in each two-year Congress.

Imagine having God’s Law, a perfect Constitution that NEVER needs to be changed. Think of what stability that would give to a nation.

God’s perfect Law is made up of two parts...

What are the 3 parts of God’s moral Law...

"Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers." (Prov. 21:15)