I agree with you John, although I was speaking particularly of Church 
Discipline as explained in Mat 18.
I should have stated it:  'Church Discipline is the means God gives us 
to....'

Is there not a difference between what scripture speaks of as the 
'discipline of the Father' and 'Church Discipline'?

Steve


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> From: "Steve Fuchs" <SteveF_MS@...>
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> snip  snip
> > I don't intend to ignite another spark that has been debated before, but
> it
> > would seem to me the same issue exists with discipline.
> >
> > Discipline is God's means for dealing with (professing) goats, who 
> > become
> > apparent to us as goats at least as best we can know, and yet it is 
> > rarely
> > implemented scripturally.
>
> Steve: I always viewed discipline as God acting as a loving Father toward
> His true children.   JGR
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