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Theology Applied

DAILY TRUTH - When Should A Church Excommunicate Someone?

Theology Applied

Right Response Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9801 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Pastor Joel Webbon makes a concise argument for when a church should excommunicate someone.

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Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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You're listening to Daily Truth. It's not just for impenitent sin.

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Impenitant, meaning the refusal to repent after being approached by the appropriate parties

1:00.2

and having gone thoroughly through all the steps of church discipline.

1:04.8

That's impenitence, refusing to repent.

1:07.0

However, I would add this, the Westminster Confession, I like what it says in this regard.

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It is both impenitent and high-handed sent.

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So we have, you could say it like this, we have the principle in Matthew 18 that Jesus gives us, the principle for church discipline and how to remove someone.

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But we have the example or the case study in 1

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Corinthians 5 from the Apostle Paul. And I do not believe that it is a mere coincidence, that

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the principle that Jesus gives includes impenitence as the chief characteristic of the one who

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should be removed. But in the case study, it is not only in

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penitence, but it happens to be a man who has committed a sin that is unheard of, even among pagans.

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In other words, it's not, this guy didn't invite my kids to his birthday party, and I went to my

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brother alone, and I called him on his sin and he said he had the

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