Message Outline:
The Practice of Community Discipline (Part 1)
Matthew 18:15-20
Part A
The Contextual Framework of Community Discipline
● The Marks of the New Testament Church
● The Context of Matthew 18
I. The Problem (18:15a)
A. The Persons Involved
1. The Fact of Christian Brothers
2. The Nature of Christian Brothers
a. Its Priority
b. Its Newness
c. Its Unity
B. The Situation Involved
1. The Nature of the Situation
● sins missing the mark or goal
2. The Particulars of the Situation
II. The Process (18:15b-17)
A. Private Rebuke (18:15b-d)
1. The Nature of the Rebuke
a. The Meaning Rebuke
● reprove punish, condemn, convict, or examine
b. The Need for Rebuke
c. The Manner of the Rebuke
2. The Place of the Rebuke
a. The Need for Privacy
b. The Challenge to Privacy
3. The Intent of the Rebuke
The Problem and the Process
Matthew 18:15
August 7, 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