Seventh indictment: ignorance about the nature of the Church
Resumé
excerpt from preaching
[?] our goal and the end result of awakening will be the establishment of biblical churches. I am very afraid that the local Church will be despised today. Tell someone that you are a traveling preacher, that you have a global ministry and everyone. Tell someone that you are a 30 person group pastor and they will make you feel like a back seat during the conference.
Jesus gave his life for the Church, a beautiful virgin, the early church. If you want to give your life for something in the ministry, give it to the Church, to a church, to a body of believers, to a local congregation. it is the Church.
[?] We all know the theology of the rest, you know that throughout the course of Israel there was Israel, God’s people, and a remnant of true believers. This is not the case with Iglesia. No there is a remnant of believers or a small group of believers within a large group called the Church, the Church is the rest.
[?] Stop saying all this nonsense that you say, that the body of Christ is divided and that it is in disorder and full of sin. I wouldn’t talk like that about Christ’s wife if I were you. What you have is many goats and straw among the sheep, and because very little biblical and compassionate discipline is practiced in the Church, they live among the sheep, they feed on these sheep and destroy them, and those of you who are leaders in the Church pay a high price when you face the one who loves them, because you did not have the courage to stand up and face the bad guys.
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What does it take to be considered a Christian? Repeat a prayer, say you believe in Christ?What does it take to become a member of a local church?Without having the answers to these questions, can you give the answers through the scriptures?
In addition
See the articles and videos of the 24th Conference.
Resumé
excerpt from preaching
Now, if your brother has sinned against you, go and repeat it between you and him alone; If I hear you, you have won your brother; but if he doesn’t hear you, take one or two with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses each word is confirmed. And if you don’t hear them, tell the church; and if you do not listen to the church, consider it a Gentile and a tax collector (Matthew 18:15).
Most evangelical pastors in the United States today should take Matthew 18 and remove it from their Bible.
We say, “Oh, I love him so much. We can’t practice discipline. Are you more loving than Jesus?He ordered it. “
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Ecclesiastical discipline is, at first glance, an effort to win over a deviant brother or sinner; However, if this person after being rebuked does not consistently demonstrate the absence of repentance, then Jesus and Paul command us to expel that person from among us. . That’s not an option. It is a commandment not observed in many churches. Pastors, did you like your sheep to the point of expelling them if necessary?Did you obey Christ in this commandment?
In addition
Piper illustrates the theme in this video. See also the articles that Editora Fiel makes available on the subject and read these articles on monergism:?Discipline in the Church? Discipline in the Puritan congregation?