The church must supply corrective discipline to its members to reconcile relationships, restore sinning believers, maintain the purity of the church, and honor God.

The value of church membership appears in the pictures of the church in the Bible, the pattern of the first-century church, the practice of church discipline, the presence of pastors for each church, and the priority of mutual edification.

Characteristics of the first church are good and desirable for churches throughout the ages: worship and prayer, the priority of the Word, authentic community, and evangelistic fruit.

Our Lord Jesus Christ is building His church as the truth of His word goes forward in preaching and redeemed living.

The Christian is adopted by God and receives the privileges of sonship.

Economic difficulties come and go, but God has given His people sufficient instruction to weather the storms and lay hold of that which is life indeed.

Our Lord Jesus calls us to repent—to turn from our sins and turn to Him. We prove our repentance both in the heart and in our behavior as we deal with the many sinful aspects of our lives, bringing all these transgressions to the Lord for forgiveness and cleansing so we can grow in Him.

Seeing the Lord for who He is led Isaiah to see himself for who he is—a wretched sinner before a holy God. But God provides cleansing for those who tremble before Him through Christ.

In Isaiah's day as well as our own, we need a sense of God's holiness, sovereignty, and glory to give us hope and lead us to lives of purity and devotion to Him.

We sin and are sinned against therefore we must be forgiven and forgive others.