04/16/18 SATAN RESISTS CHURCH DISCIPLINE
A GREAT BIBLICAL PARADOX. Christian love practices church discipline. Church discipline is powered by Christian love.
OKAY, FIRST, I will say this just because some people are not happy unless the word of God gets qualified by the wickedness of Satan. In other words, Bible believers don't need for me to give this qualifier, but to those who are confused about Biblical order and authority,
YES, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE CORRUPT GOD'S WORD AND HIS WORK, but church discipline is BIBLICAL.
Okay, I hope those folks are happy that Satan got mentioned.
NOW BACK TO WHAT REALLY MATTERS.
Biblical church discipline is not a new thing or a strange thing. It has been around since before the Church came into existence. Remember, Jesus addressed this subject in Matthew 18, which predates the birth or beginning of the Church, in the book of Acts.
Modern Christianity, especially snow flake western Christianity and new age oriented and Emergent Christianity (which are Christian movements in NAME ONLY), have resisted, rejected, reinterpreted and rebelled against God's directives for dealing with sin in the church.
The lack of Biblical church discipline has contributed greatly to a spineless, loveless, sinning religion that masquerades as true Christianity and churchmanship.
There are great numbers of very good articles available on BIBLICAL CHURCH DISCIPLINE. Yes, there are areas of concern and there have been un-Biblical practices, but that does not change the fact that CHURCH DISCIPLINE IS TRUE.
I have watched as blasphemers and home wreckers and liars have attacked churches and individuals because they did not want to be answerable for their anti-Christian and church splitting behavior.
My observation and experience indicates that those who refuse to be answerable and disciplined by loving churches are the ones who raise an attack against Bible preachers and parishioners, as did Alexander the Coppersmith (or maybe copperhead or rattlesnake) did with Paul, causing Paul's fellow believers and workers to turn against him (2 Timothy 4:14-16).
A church that does not obey and follow God in loving and uncompromising discipline does not accept Jesus as Lord and does not practice New Testament love.
