Message Outline:
The Practice of Community Discipline
Matthew 18:15-20
Part B
I. The Problem (18:15a)
II. The Process (18:15b-17)
A. Private Rebuke (18:15b-d)
B. Witnessed Rebuke (18:16)
● take to take to oneself or to bring along with
1. Its Old Testament Practice
2. Its New Testament Application
C. Public Rebuke (18:17a-b)
D. Excommunication (18:17c-d)
1. The Practice Explained
2. The Practice Defended
III. The Promises (18:18-20)
A. God’s Sovereign Power (18:18)
1. The Object of That Power
● bound bind . . . shall be bound; bind . . . shall have been bound
● loose loose . . . shall be loosed; loosed . . . shall have been loosed
● whatever anything, a situation, or a person
2. The Effect of That Power
a. As Found in Matthew 16
1) The Nature of the Keys
2) The Implementation of the Keys
b. As Found in Matthew 18
B. God’s Sovereign Answer (18:19)
1. The Condition of the Promise
● agree harmony, agreement, or concord
● anything deed, occurrence, task, or matter
2. The Nature of the Promise
C. God’s Sovereign Presence (18:20)
1. The Time and Place of the Promise
2. The Nature of the Promise
Private and Public Rebuke
Matthew 18:16-20
August 14, 2011 • Roger Skepple
The Necessity of Restoration
October 2, 2011 • Roger Skepple
Message Outline: The Goal of Community Discipline 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 Part B The Goal of Church Discipline: Restoration I. The Cause of the Discipline (2:5) II. The Restoration from Discipline (2:6-8) A. The Time of Restoration (2:6a) B. The Participants in Restoration (2:6b) C. The Nature of Restoration (2:7a) 1. Extension of Forgiveness ● forgive beautiful, to give generously, beneficial, grateful 2. Extension of Encouragement ● comfort summon, beseech, exhort, appeal, encourage, exhort D. The Necessity of Restoration (2:7b) ● excessive greater or more ● overwhelmed to drink down or gulp to consume or use up to overcome or drown E. The Summary Statement of Restoration (2:8) 1. The Fact of Reinstatement ● reaffirm ratify, annual, make a legal decision 2. The Fact of Fellowship III. The Bases of Restoration from Discipline (2:9-11) A. Obedience (2:9) ● test to examine or verify ● obedient to give ear or listen B. Forgiveness (2:10) 1. Paul’s Leadership in It 2. Corinth’s Need for It 3. Christ’s Example of It 4. Satan Thwarted by It ● advantage greediness, exploitation, defrauding ● schemes thoughts, concepts, plans, or resolve
Restoration of the Corporate Body
September 25, 2011 • Roger Skepple
Message Outline: The Goal of Community Discipline 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 Part A The Goal of Church Discipline ● Understood Individually ● Understood Corporately ■ The Book of 2 Corinthians ■ The Context of 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 I. The Cause of the Discipline (2:5) A. The Action that Occurred (2:5a) ● sorrow physical pain or mental anguish to vex, irritate, offend, or insult 1. Sorrow Understood Positively 2. Sorrow Understood Negatively B. The Result that Occurred (2:5b) II. The Restoration from Discipline (2:6-8) A. The Time of Restoration (2:6a) ● sufficient person–competent, qualified or able for a task things–adequate or large enough ● punishment a judicial ruling regarding an infraction against such civil rights penalty B. The Participants in Restoration (2:6b) ● majority almost everyone; everyone
Support for the Restoration
September 18, 2011 • Roger Skepple
Message Outline: The Goal of Community Discipline Galatians 6:1-10 Part B I. The Scenario (6:1) A. The Problem: Caught in a Sin (6:1a) B. The Solution: Restoration (6:1b) C. The Manner: With the Proper Attitude (6:1b9-d) II. The Procedure of the Restoring Brother (6:2-6) A. Lend the Proper Support (6:2) 1. The Nature of the Support (6:2a) ● bear take up, to carry or lift a load; or to carry something away ● burden weight, an oppressive weight, an unmeasurably great weight 2. The Reason for the Support (6:2b) B. Maintain the Proper Perspective (6:3-5) 1. On Himself (6:3) ● deceives to deceive one’s mind or to lead one’s mind astray 2. On His Work (6:4-5) ● examine to test to ascertain genuineness; to approve ● bear to carry a designed load C. Communicate the Word of God (6:6) III. The Response of the Fallen Brother (6:6-10) A. To the Word (6:6) ● share fellowship, association, communion, or close relationship B. To God (6:7-9) 1. He Recognizes the Inescapable Nature of God (6:7a) 2. He Recognizes the Inescapable Nature of Consequences (6:7b-8) ● The Principle of Consequences Stated ● The Principle of Consequences Applied ■ corruption deterioration or decay 3. He Recognizes the Necessity of Great Effort (6:9) ● lose heart to lost one’s motivation to accomplish something C. To Others (6:10) ● opportunity to a decisive point in place, situation, or time