But it doesn’t mean we should excommunicated all of his life, we should keep praying for him because the purpose of applying discipline or punishment is not to destroy his faith but to make him back to God. Fifth, look at the mistaken person as a person who doesn’t know about God, this means, the person should be considered as an unbeliever and he should be excommunicated.
Fourth, if the reprimanding or warning with the witnesses doesn’t succeed, bring the problem to all the church member / church. Here, the witness is for “discussion partner”, which means a person who helps the discussion to run well with the brotherhood spirit of solidarity.
Third, two or three people, if the second way doesn’t succeed, we may ask one or two more people as witnesses. Second, eyes to eyes means without any witness, for reaching back our guilty brothers. By :Â First, reprimanding or warning to make every one responsible for each other (1 Thessalonians 5:11, 14 it’s edify or admonish, esteeming and comfort each other). Jesus gave the method to reprimand or warn the mistaken persons or those who doesn’t obey God’s command, in Matthew 18:15 18 is written the concrete rules about herding especially for the guilty or mistaken member.
Second, saving the sinner (1 Corinthians 5:2, 5). So, the purpose of applying discipline is:Â First, saving the church (1 Corinthians 5:5). The important of applying rule and discipline is to be a tool for improving the spirituality growth so it will motivate the other church member to pay attention to reprimanded or warn “them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men” (1 Thessalonians 5:14). The church is not willing to punish or apply discipline for them because of worrying they will move to other church.
Some people think that there’s no strong reason to punish someone just because doing a little sin, particularly if the mistaken one is a well known, rich and powerful church member. Those kinds of church generally give reason that applying discipline inside the church will bring the bad consequences or result for the members who did mistakes, they will be offended and leave the church. Even the church that hardly maintain in submitting or telling God’s words faithfully often get weak in applying the discipline or punishment. Nowadays the churches rarely monitor, warn and guide the sinned member to repent and being back to God. The discussion about The Rule and Discipline for Church Member is very relevant for the church’s condition nowadays, because there are many churches or church members are separated because of not applying the rule and discipline inside the church. Abstract This thesis begins with explanation about background of The Understanding Of Seventh Day Adventist Church Member About The Rule And Discipline For The Guilty Church Member According To Matthew 18 : 15-18 In Region XII Of Jakarta Conference And Vinicity.
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