Restoration Through Godly Discipline: A Loving Approach
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Godly discipleship is always done out of love to achieve restoration. Godly discipline is always done out of love to achieve restoration. Today I'm going to explore this principle through three main points. First, looks matter. Second, sin must therefore be dealt with diligently. And three, the goal is restoration. [00:40:38] (31 seconds)
Church life matters because to those outside the church looking in, whether negative or positive, the way we treat each other delivers a message about our lives. The world needs to look at the church and see unity, goodness, and love. By enacting discipline in the church, we can confront arrogance in one another's sin and help restore the message of unity, goodness, and love that is supposed to come from the church. [00:42:42] (35 seconds)
The influence of one person's sin on the rest of the body should not and cannot be underestimated. We need to address sin before it corrupts the whole community. I'll say it again, sin must be dealt with diligently. To demonstrate this point, Paul uses an illustration that's used throughout scripture. In the middle of his rebuke, he starts talking about leaven. [00:48:41] (27 seconds)
Cleanse out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. This picture shows us that just as a little leaven leavens a lump of dough, the whole batch is affected. [00:50:01] (32 seconds)
The church cannot ignore sin because sin is just like cancer. If cancer isn't dealt with and removed from the body, it can spread to the rest of the body, causing even greater damage than it did before. When cancer spreads, the hope of flourishing, life decreases. Sin must be dealt with diligently to ensure restoration of the whole body. [00:52:52] (29 seconds)
Jesus himself taught the same points. First, in Matthew 18, 15 to 17, Jesus, when speaking about discipline, says, if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you've gained your brother. But if he does not listen to you, take one or two others along with you. [00:53:48] (26 seconds)
We can never lose sight of the fact that the goal of discipline is always restoration. That's my third point. Near the end of this letter, Paul affirms this principle by saying, let all that you do be done in love. Does Paul actually live out this command? Let's circle back to the verse where it says, I deliver you from sin, restore you from sin. [00:56:12] (23 seconds)
It's clearly stated in the second half of verse five. So that, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. Godly discipline is always done out of love to achieve restoration. As a loving Father, Paul sees the long-lasting, potentially eternal damage this man is causing to others and himself. He takes the steps needed to try and save this man, to protect him from himself. [00:56:52] (38 seconds)
God hands us over to our own decisions to stray from him into the arms of Satan, so that we might turn, repent, and be restored. When we call upon him, he's right there. I hope you're also encouraged by 2 Corinthians 2 verses 4 to 8. in this passage Paul implores the church to restore a man that he had once disciplined you could argue that it's written about this man in chapter 5. [00:58:42] (33 seconds)
We see this in 2 Corinthians as it's written, as it is I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief leads to death. [01:02:10] (21 seconds)
Discipline and disciple actually come from the same root word. This could be a friendship, a mentor relationship, or parenthood, which is a great one. Parents, you are leaders in your homes. Remember, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves. As a father, you are a father. You are a father. You are a father. You are a father. You are a father. You are a father. You are a father. You are the son in whom he delights. [01:05:10] (20 seconds)
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Church life matters because to those outside the church looking in, whether negative or positive, the way we treat each other delivers a message about our lives. The world needs to look at the church and see unity, goodness, and love. By enacting discipline in the church, we can confront arrogance in one another's sin and help restore the message of unity, goodness, and love that is supposed to come from the church. [00:42:42] (35 seconds)
The influence of one person's sin on the rest of the body should not and cannot be underestimated. We need to address sin before it corrupts the whole community. I'll say it again, sin must be dealt with diligently. To demonstrate this point, Paul uses an illustration that's used throughout scripture. In the middle of his rebuke, he starts talking about leaven. [00:48:41] (27 seconds)
Cleanse out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. This picture shows us that just as a little leaven leavens a lump of dough, the whole batch is affected. [00:50:01] (32 seconds)
The church cannot ignore sin because sin is just like cancer. If cancer isn't dealt with and removed from the body, it can spread to the rest of the body, causing even greater damage than it did before. When cancer spreads, the hope of flourishing, life decreases. Sin must be dealt with diligently to ensure restoration of the whole body. [00:52:52] (29 seconds)
Jesus himself taught the same points. First, in Matthew 18, 15 to 17, Jesus, when speaking about discipline, says, if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you've gained your brother. But if he does not listen to you, take one or two others along with you. [00:53:48] (26 seconds)
We can never lose sight of the fact that the goal of discipline is always restoration. That's my third point. Near the end of this letter, Paul affirms this principle by saying, let all that you do be done in love. Does Paul actually live out this command? Let's circle back to the verse where it says, I deliver you from sin, restore you from sin. [00:56:12] (23 seconds)
It's clearly stated in the second half of verse five. So that, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. Godly discipline is always done out of love to achieve restoration. As a loving Father, Paul sees the long-lasting, potentially eternal damage this man is causing to others and himself. He takes the steps needed to try and save this man, to protect him from himself. [00:56:52] (38 seconds)
God hands us over to our own decisions to stray from him into the arms of Satan, so that we might turn, repent, and be restored. When we call upon him, he's right there. I hope you're also encouraged by 2 Corinthians 2 verses 4 to 8. in this passage Paul implores the church to restore a man that he had once disciplined you could argue that it's written about this man in chapter 5. [00:58:42] (33 seconds)
We see this in 2 Corinthians as it's written, as it is I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief leads to death. [01:02:10] (21 seconds)
Discipline and disciple actually come from the same root word. This could be a friendship, a mentor relationship, or parenthood, which is a great one. Parents, you are leaders in your homes. Remember, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves. As a father, you are a father. You are a father. You are a father. You are a father. You are a father. You are a father. You are a father. You are the son in whom he delights. [01:05:10] (20 seconds)
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