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[1402.30 --> 1403.10] fellowship. |
[1404.12 --> 1404.84] And part of it, |
[1404.94 --> 1405.66] Article 79, |
[1406.02 --> 1407.36] already I'm sounding nerdy, |
[1407.44 --> 1407.56] right? |
[1407.76 --> 1408.40] Church order, |
[1408.52 --> 1409.82] Article 79 says, |
[1410.14 --> 1411.04] and you'll see it up here, |
[1411.04 --> 1412.96] the members of the church |
[1412.96 --> 1413.62] are accountable |
[1413.62 --> 1414.32] to one another |
[1414.32 --> 1415.24] in their doctrine |
[1415.24 --> 1415.86] and life |
[1415.86 --> 1417.24] and have the responsibility |
[1417.24 --> 1418.36] to encourage |
[1418.36 --> 1420.84] and admonish |
[1420.84 --> 1421.94] one another in love. |
[1422.02 --> 1423.02] So that's the first part. |
[1423.56 --> 1424.72] That's the biblical basis. |
[1425.18 --> 1425.88] And then going on |
[1425.88 --> 1426.30] from there, |
[1426.50 --> 1427.28] the consistory, |
[1427.68 --> 1428.74] which is a fancy term |
[1428.74 --> 1429.28] for the elders |
[1429.28 --> 1430.40] and deacons of the church, |
[1430.88 --> 1431.60] shall instruct |
[1431.60 --> 1432.82] and remind the members |
[1432.82 --> 1433.34] of the church |
[1433.34 --> 1434.52] of their responsibility |
[1434.52 --> 1436.08] and foster a spirit |
[1436.08 --> 1437.36] of love and openness |
[1437.36 --> 1438.36] within the fellowship |
[1438.36 --> 1439.66] so that, |
[1440.14 --> 1440.70] the goal, |
[1441.10 --> 1442.88] so that erring members, |
[1443.22 --> 1444.10] sinning members |
[1444.10 --> 1445.96] may be led to repentance |
[1445.96 --> 1446.94] and reconciliation. |
[1448.62 --> 1449.60] When I was studying that, |
[1449.64 --> 1450.20] I thought that was |
[1450.20 --> 1451.24] so meaningful |
[1451.24 --> 1452.64] and so biblical, |
[1453.08 --> 1454.12] exactly from what |
[1454.12 --> 1455.20] Jesus teaches us |
[1455.20 --> 1456.28] with the goal |
[1456.28 --> 1457.70] of reconciliation, |
[1458.18 --> 1459.18] the core part |
[1459.18 --> 1460.74] of the church's identity. |
[1461.30 --> 1462.22] As Jesus says, |
[1462.56 --> 1463.52] the last step is, |
[1463.52 --> 1464.98] go tell it to the church. |
[1464.98 --> 1467.38] The church, |
[1467.68 --> 1468.90] as a body of believers, |
[1469.56 --> 1470.76] has authority. |
[1471.98 --> 1473.54] Jesus says in verse 18 |
[1473.54 --> 1474.52] from Matthew 18, |
[1475.56 --> 1476.44] whatever you bind |
[1476.44 --> 1477.46] or loose on earth |
[1477.46 --> 1478.10] will be bound |
[1478.10 --> 1479.14] or loosed in heaven. |
[1479.60 --> 1480.58] That's the amount |
[1480.58 --> 1481.12] of authority |
[1481.12 --> 1482.64] that the church is given, |
[1482.82 --> 1483.78] not to an individual, |
[1484.32 --> 1486.08] but to the whole community |
[1486.08 --> 1486.78] of believers. |
[1487.62 --> 1488.58] Whatever the size |
[1488.58 --> 1489.36] of the church is, |
[1489.50 --> 1490.26] as Jesus says, |
[1490.26 --> 1491.56] even when two or three |
[1491.56 --> 1492.72] gather in my name, |
[1492.96 --> 1494.16] there I am with them. |
[1494.98 --> 1496.16] That's the authority |
[1496.16 --> 1497.32] that every single |
[1497.32 --> 1498.08] church community |
[1498.08 --> 1499.38] is given with, |
[1499.58 --> 1501.36] is given responsibility for. |
[1502.58 --> 1503.50] But again, |
[1503.78 --> 1505.06] another point of me |
[1505.06 --> 1505.70] cringing here, |
[1505.82 --> 1506.16] oof, |
[1506.50 --> 1507.14] whenever I hear |
[1507.14 --> 1508.20] authority of the church. |
[1509.06 --> 1509.86] I don't know about you, |
[1509.92 --> 1511.06] but I live, |
[1511.82 --> 1512.96] I come from a culture |
[1512.96 --> 1514.80] where I hear horror stories |
[1514.80 --> 1517.16] from mega churches in Korea |
[1517.16 --> 1518.48] where they take |
[1518.48 --> 1519.46] personal agendas |
[1519.46 --> 1521.24] and even pastors too. |
[1521.40 --> 1522.46] Yes, we're broken people. |
[1522.46 --> 1524.36] And pastors even abuse |
[1524.36 --> 1525.00] the pulpit |
[1525.00 --> 1526.52] to rebuke, |
[1526.64 --> 1527.52] openly rebuke. |
[1527.58 --> 1528.46] Yeah, following Jesus' |
[1528.70 --> 1529.48] instructions, right? |
[1529.74 --> 1530.92] But using the pulpit |
[1530.92 --> 1532.16] to openly rebuke |
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