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From: "William and Dorothy Oosterman" <tulip01@...>
> 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.

This is nonsense, I've already made my point.  Nowhere does Matthew 18:17 
allow us to call the Gentile a "brother".  I'm taking a cue from Walter 
Chantry who wisely begged off this kind of discussion.

Chad Bresson
Xenia, OH