Matthew 18:17's mandate to declare the unrepentant to be an unbeliever.
(Chad)


Chad - the above words are incredible and indicative of a theology based on
deductions, presumptions and inferences instead of accepting what is simply
stated by Christ. Matt. 18 does not make any such declaration, any more than
Acts. 2 teaches infant baptism. It says what we are to do and how we are to
treat a man who says he is a brother caught in sin.

Wm.





-----Original Message-----
From: Chad R. Bresson [mailto:breusswane@...]
Sent: 22 April 2005 15:23
To: soundofgrace@...
Subject: RE: [soundofgrace] "sound" = gospel


William and Dorothy Oosterman <tulip01@...> wrote:
> they were never saved in the first place and only after they came back?

or

> they may have been saved, despite the church's text-mandated declaration
otherwise, and >they came back.


It doesn't matter and it is irrelevant to Matthew 18:17.  That the latter is
a possibility is totally inconsequential to obeying Matthew 18:17's mandate
to declare the unrepentant to be an unbeliever.  One who is "as" a Gentile
cannot be called brother.... because it is not the way we would treat a
Gentile.  If we treat someone "as" a Gentile, we are treating them as if
they are unbelievers.  We don't call unbelievers "brothers".

Chad Bresson
Xenia, OH

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