The Beginning of Church Discipline

Christ Community Church

The Corporate Sin (vv.1-4) Pro. 6:16-17b, 18a, 19a 16 There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, … 18 a heart that devises wicked plans,.. 19 a false witness who breathes out lies, The Fatal Consequence (vv. 5-10) Psa. 139:1-4,7-8 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether… 7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! Psa. 51:1,3-4 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions…3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Matt. 18:15-17 15 "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Heb. 12:5-8 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipl