Oct 24
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- Is a Christian ever to judge in his or her capacity as a member of a local church? If so, when, how, and by what standard?
- What are the qualifications for membership in the local church?
- Under what circumstances is a member to be removed from the church?
- What is the connection between membership in a local church and the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper?
- When a local church receives someone into membership, what is the church saying about that person’s profession of faith? When a local church removes a member through excommunication or exclusion, what are they saying about that person’s profession of faith?
- How does Second London Confession(2LCF) 26.2 & 3 help us judge rightly when receiving members and in matters of church discipline?
- How does 2LCF 26.2 & 3 help to ensure that we do not judge too stringently when receiving members and in matters of church discipline? In other words, how does our confession help us to be patient and gentle with one another, forgive, work to maintain the unity of the Spirit, and welcome the one who is weak in the faith (see Romans 14:1)?
