2 Corinthians 2:1-11 The Goal of Church Discipline

The “back story”  1 Corinthians 5:1-5  1 Corinthians 5:9-11, 13b  2 Corinthians 13:1-2

What’s the big deal?  Unholy (1 Peter 1:14-19)  2 Corinthians 6:14-18  Bad testimony (Rom 2:24)  The body is affected (Eph 4:16)  God’s command  Unloving – the love issue  Disunity in the body

“Church Discipline”  What is it?  Undue confusion  The process (Matt 18:15-17)  The test of a true church

The goal of church discipline  Restoration  Restorative language  Always the goal  James 5:19-20  Galatians 6:1  Matt 5:23-24; 18:15  This transforms our actions