Comments on: Judgment and Discipline – Part 3 http://defendingcontending.com/2009/11/01/judgment-and-discipline-part-3/ Defending truth and contending for the Faith while carrying the Light of the Gospel into a world shrouded in darkness. Mon, 28 May 2012 07:34:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Desert Pastor http://defendingcontending.com/2009/11/01/judgment-and-discipline-part-3/#comment-15280 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:01:16 +0000 http://defendingcontending.com/?p=14564#comment-15280 Craig,

Thanks for your thoughts. Let’s clarify for you –

If there is no judgment in the church, there is no holiness.
If there is no holiness in the church, there is also no purity.
If there is no purity, there is no true church.
If there is no true church, there is no life. In other words, a true church can only be present when true believers are present. A church full of the dead is nothing more than an edifice.
If there is no life, it is because there is no Christ.

On another note, your reasoning is not wrong and could also be used to sum up what I am saying. Thanks for stopping by.

The Desert Pastor

]]> By: Craig http://defendingcontending.com/2009/11/01/judgment-and-discipline-part-3/#comment-15279 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:50:49 +0000 http://defendingcontending.com/?p=14564#comment-15279 No writer likes an over ambitious editor, but here goes.

NO JUDGMENT = NO HOLINESS –> Ok

NO HOLINESS = NO PURITY –> Ok

NO PURITY = NO CHURCH –> If you mean the Body of Christ, then ok.

NO CHURCH = NO LIFE –> I don’t follow this one at all.

NO LIFE = NO CHRIST –> This is just backward.

I would reason it this way.

No Christ = No Judgement = No Holiness = No purity =
No sanctification = No glorification = No Life

]]> By: Ministry Addict http://defendingcontending.com/2009/11/01/judgment-and-discipline-part-3/#comment-15277 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:48:56 +0000 http://defendingcontending.com/?p=14564#comment-15277 Galatians 6:2 says, “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” There are some burdens which may be shared with a brother or sister in Christ. These include burdens which can be alleviated through prayer, encouragement, and charitable giving. When you see someone bearing a burden that you can share, do not hesitate to fulfill the law of Christ: “Love one another.”

]]> By: Matthew Johnston http://defendingcontending.com/2009/11/01/judgment-and-discipline-part-3/#comment-15273 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:42:08 +0000 http://defendingcontending.com/?p=14564#comment-15273 Thank you for these posts.

I pray that they may be used of God to show people that it is imperative that we do judge in a righteous manner!

In this post, I particularly like the statement; NO JUDGMENT = NO HOLINESS. NO HOLINESS = NO PURITY. ETC etc.

A difficult topic, primarlity due to the world and it’s “11th Commandment, of ‘Thou Shall Not Judge” spreading its rubbish as usual…

]]> By: Desert Pastor's wife http://defendingcontending.com/2009/11/01/judgment-and-discipline-part-3/#comment-15271 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:11:23 +0000 http://defendingcontending.com/?p=14564#comment-15271 Something we should be remembering. Of course, the world won’t understand but it’s necessary so we don’t bring the world into the church! That was never supposed to have been done originally!

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