What we really see in this passage, verses 18 to 20, is the surprising power of church discipline. Though this mechanism is despised, maligned and ridiculed by the world... and will be, when we exercise it, often ridiculed by the erring brother. The brother who wanders away and then accuses back, "Why are you guys so legalistic, so self-righteous and what are you doing putting me out of the church just because I want to continue down this process. Doesn't God want me to be happy?" And in those moments we need to understand that the Lord has ordained this process for a PERFECT reason. Jesus seeks to galvanize our faith in His word and faithfulness to His instructions. And so there's incredible power at work when the church acts in accord with God's blueprint for discipline.
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