Jan 25
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- Will you ever find a church without problems? (see Second London Confession 26.3)
- When offended or sinned against, what is the “duty required” of church members?
- What does it mean to “disturb… church-order”? What does it mean to “absent” oneself “from the assemblies of the church” or the administration of the ordinances”? Why would it be tempting to do this when offended? Why must this behavior be avoided?
- Why does our confession say that offended members are “to wait upon Christ, in the further proceedings of the church”? What do the proceedings of the church (in discipline) have to do with Christ, and what does Christ have to do with the proceedings of the church? (See Second London Confession 26.4, Matthew 18:20; Matthew 28:20)
- When it comes to dealing with difficulties and sin in the church, what is lost by abandoning the process laid out in Scripture? What is gained by the one who is sinning, those sinned against, the church as a whole, and the honor of Christ’s name by following the process laid out in Scripture in obedience to the command of Christ?
