It has come up in a number of strings that there are those who hold to the idea of church discipline.
In Paul's day, the church was a group of believers who sold all they had, put it in one treasury, and shared equally with the people of the church.
So, the church was a picture of a group of Christians "Loving their neighbor as themselves" and they had the very real ability to make it tough for a person who was one of them to get a bite to eat.
So, my question is, in this modern world of Christians who look after themselves first and who go to churches that have little or nothing to actually offer a member, how do we institute is idea of Church Discipline?
For me, knowing that I am a sinful man, I can not stand in judgement of my fellow Christians, And I do not want to. I have absolutely no desire to play judge as to whether a person is of CHRIST or not.
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