" It says what we are to do and how we are to treat a man who says he is a 
brother caught in sin."

William, a man never 'says he is a brother caught in sin'.
It's the fact that he repeatedly insists he's not in sin that makes him a 
non-brother.

David repented when he was confronted.
He never denied truth when he was faced with it.

Believers sin, but when confronted, they repent.
Pagans sin, but when confronted, they deny deny deny, even to the whole 
community.

Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William and Dorothy Oosterman" <tulip01@...>
To: <soundofgrace@...>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 9:34 AM
Subject: [soundofgrace] RE:Acts. 2 teaches infant baptism. [soundofgrace] 
"sound" = gospel


> 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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