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Walking Through II Corinthians

Walking Through II Corinthians. Todays Message. The Goal of Church Discipline - Restoration II Cor. 2:5-11.

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Walking Through II Corinthians

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  1. Walking Through II Corinthians Todays Message The Goal of Church Discipline - Restoration II Cor. 2:5-11

  2. I. The Pain of Sin (It affects everyone) A. Paul is sorrowful for the grief caused by the conflict. 1. Most of the sorrow or grief was to the assembly. But if any have caused sorrow (lupe), he has not sorrowed (lupe) me, but in a part:(alla apo merous – “to some measure” that I may not over burden(epibareo)you all. II Cor. 2:5

  3. B. The Possible Sin Paul to which Paul Alludes I Cor. 5:1-13 It is reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away (exairo) from among you. 1-2

  4. For I truly, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, [concerning] him that has so done this deed, 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, and my spirit, with the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying [is] not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: I Cor. 5: 3-9

  5. Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortionist, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you, do not keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortionist; with such an one no not to eat. 13 But them that are outside God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked (ponero) person. 10-13 God Saved us from sin not to sin. ….. Don’t you know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men acting like women (malakos) , nor homosexuals (arsenokoites), 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionist, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. I Cor. 6:9-11

  6. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling aroma. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as saints; Neither obscenities, nor foolish talking, nor immoral humor, which are not beneficial: but rather giving of thanks. For this you know, that no fornicator/male prostitute, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 7 Therefore, don’t you be partakers with them. 8 For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.Eph. 5:2-12

  7. C. The Three Fold Purpose of Disciplining Sin 1. Maintenance of Church Purity a. Sin impacts the assembly (1) On the inside Don’t you know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? I Cor. 5:6 (2) On the outside You that make your boast of the law, through breaking the law you dishonor God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. Rom. 2:23-24 (See I Tim. 2:1 and Titus 2:5 – same principle for Christians)

  8. b. Sin Must be judged • Every local assembly has been authorized by God to judge, discipline, and even excommunicate. (See Matt. 18) • She must rid herself of that which attacks the body the same way we would desire to rid ourselves of a cancer. • In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, and my spirit, with the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. I Cor. 1:4-5 • Purge out therefore the old leaven I Cor. 1:7 • Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked (ponero) person. 10-13

  9. 2. Restoration of The Offender (Doctor) a. Discipline is not an end, rather a means. b. When properly done it is an extension of Gods love Sufficient to such a one [is] this punishment(Epitimia – price paid), which [was inflicted] of many. 7 So that on the contrary you ought rather(mallon - to a greater degree)forgive(Charizomai )[him], and comfort(parakalesai) [him], lest by some means such a one should be swallowed up with to much sorrow(lupe).8 Wherefore I beseech(parakaleo)you that you would confirm(kuroo – confirm publicly, validate)[your] love(agape) toward him. II Cor. 2:6-8

  10. When scandal breaks out, carnal and ignorant Christians just see it as something to talk about.Scandalous malignancy is more exciting and interesting to these than godly virtues. Gossip in most cases is to elevate oneself. • Do any think for a moment that gossip is a force to awaken the conscience, and redemptively work to bring a fallen person back to God. Is this way of Christ? • If this is all we have, let us be silent. Every word spoken against a brother or sister that is not redemptive in its spirit, sound in its theology, that reverberate with God’s love is a sin against the grace and mercy of God. • Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no gossip, the strife ceases. 21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.22 The words of a gossip are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Prov. 26:20-22

  11. c. Therefore, the mark of true repentance is godly sorrow. • The sign that you really see that what you did was wrong is that you begin to see the hurt that you have caused by it; and it creates a sense of sorrow, of remorse that you have been the instrument by which many have been damaged in their faith or intheir feelings. • This man had come to that point, therefore, it was time to end the discipline. Of course, the purpose of the whole process of discipline at any stage is to bring somebody to recovery. The minute he achieves that, it is time to end all the sanctions and degrees of pressure that are being put on him for repentance, and to begin to extend forgiveness and restoring love. That is what Paul pleads for in Verse 8:

  12. 3. To Prove Obedience in the Church a. Church discipline is a command to be obeyed according to the word of God For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof(dokime – experiment)of you, whether ye be obedient(hupekoos – to give ear)in all things. II Cor. 2:9

  13. The Corinthians had obeyed; they had done what Matthew 18 required by telling it to the church. That is always a very painful, difficult thing to do.  One of the reasons so many churches are rife with splits, divisions, and problems today is because their leadership seems to be made up of gutless wonders who have no moral courage and who are not willing to act themselves in obedience to what theScripture says. We have had to resist reproof by many people inthe congregation, and around, who misjudged and did not understand the situation, who thought it was wrong to act the way we did. So it has taken courage to stand, sometimes, and obey the Word of God. But as Scripture says, "the effect ofrighteousness will be peace," {cf, Isa 32:17}. If you will act rightly, in love, and frontally, with courage, the result ultimately is peace; and this is what was happening here in Corinth. The place to start, therefore, is with a faithful confrontation.

  14. b. Church Discipline Without The Heart of God. Gives Satan a Superior grasp. To whom you forgive (Charizomai) any thing, I also: for if I forgave(Charizomai)any thing, to whom I forgave(Charizomai)it, I forgave it for your sakes in the person of Christ; 11 Lest Satan(Satanas – the adversary) should get an advantage(pleonekteo- pleon =superior + echo = to have or hold) of us: for we are not ignorant(agnoeo – without knowledge) of his devices(“noema” – mental thoughts from Gr. Word “nous”). II Cor. 2:10-11 ……forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Eph. 4:32

  15. Forgiveness, basically, is a promise that you make; it is a promise you make to three different individuals. First, it is a promise that you make to the individual who has offended you and now has repented, in which you are saying to him or her, "I will not let my attitude toward you be governed any longer by this offense. It has been put aside. My treatment of you from here on will be as though this had never happened." It is a promise you make never to bring it up again. In marriage many problems go on for years and years because we tend to go back and dig up all the past, which is an indication that it has never been forgiven. Some mates don't get hysterical, they get historical!

  16. Second, it is a promise not to pass it on to anybody else. When a matter is forgiven it is to be forgotten. Now it may be that everyone knows it, because, as in this case in Corinth, it had been told to the whole church. But what it means is that nobody throws it at him again, or holds it over his head, or reminds him of it every time any further difficulty occurs. It is a promise to drop the matter, leave it in the past, and never bring it up to anybody again. Third, and probably most important of all, it is a promise to yourself that, when your memory goes back to it, as it will occasionally, you are not going to allow it to seize hold of your heart and make you angry all over again. The minute it comes back to mind, you put it aside as something that belongs to the past, you are not going to dwell on it. It is a promise, therefore, to repeat your act of forgiveness, no matter how often the memory comes up

  17. People say sometimes, "Well, I just can't forgive in this case. The person said it was wrong, and has asked me to forgive him, but I just can't do it. It hurt me too much." Well, that is arevelation to me that that person has never realized how much he has been forgiven already. The basis for Christian forgiveness is always, "Forgive, because you have been forgiven." If you cannot forgive it is because you have forgotten that you wereforgiven. Paul says this to the Ephesians:  ……forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Eph. 4:32 Be aware that we are in a battle, and an enemy is constantly trying to take advantage of the situation, that we must realizethat the thing that defeats him is to extend ready and full forgiveness when there are broken relationships within us. When you let it go on and on and on, unresolved, you are giving the devil an opportunity to get hold of everybody involved, to create more problems and spread it widely and turn the whole church upside down eventually.  

  18. Forgive one another As God For Christ’s Sake Has forgiven You

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