Paul talks to the Corinthians in 1 Cor 5 about immorality and removing someone from fellowship. He says "I am not talking about people of the world. If I was you would have nothing to do and would need to just have Jesus take you to heaven." (Mark's unpublished paraphrase). He says he's talking about believers. And not just anyone who says they've prayed a prayer. If people can see fruit from their lives and they are "immoral, covetous, swindlers, idolaters" then don't even have lunch w/them.
We can't reject those who don't know Christ, in fact he warns us not to judge them, but to judge those who are a part of the way. He says "why would I be judging those who are of the world? Certainly you should judge those inside the church." This does not sound fun now does it? But this is God's word. I believe many churches are failing to grow because they are failing to practice church discipline.
A good thing at this point would be to study those words "immoral, covetous, swindlers, idolaters" and see who all is included. Am I included?
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