I don't remember all the posts on church discipline, but it seems to me that
the only church discipline in Scripture is to treat a professing Christian
as an unbeliever.  JGR


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Fuchs" <SteveF_MS@...>
To: <soundofgrace@...>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Acts 6 and deacons


> 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
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <24jreisinger26@...>
> To: <soundofgrace@...>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Acts 6 and deacons
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Fuchs" <SteveF_MS@...>
> > To: <soundofgrace@...>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Acts 6 and deacons
> >
> >
> > 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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