Purity in Ministry: Biblical Principles
- Leaders are held to a higher standard (James 3:1)
- I Tim 4.12- youth (thirty something)
- II Tim- youth (teenage)
- Ecc. 8.11- why we still sin (because He doesn’t drop the hammer doesn’t mean He won’t)
- Eph. 4:17
- Process of Church discipline—Matt. 18.15-17 (transcending fifth step of judgment on a leader) –group rebuke to safeguard your own self—vv18-20 (controversial) God confirms His support of spiritual Church Leaders who make difficult spiritual decisions!
- Restoration to God
- Restoration to Family
- Restoration to Local Church
- Restoration (position?) (Treat as unbeliever until repentance)
- One on one
- Two on one
- Leadership of the church
- Church body
- Transcendent fifth step for those in ministry
- I Tim. 5:19- Give the benefit of the doubt to the Pastor (The transcending fifth step is a public rebuke
- Instructions to the leadership who have to implement this discipline (I Tim. 5:21-23)
Restoration
- I Corinthians 5:1
- Even the world judges and would find guilty
- V1 it’s not the environment that makes spirituality, it’s the heart
- He fell into the sin in the environment!
- V2 arrogance and boasting
- V7 purge it out!
- II Cor. 2:6
- The man repented (do not forgive prior to repentance)
- V7 forgive (to grant peace), comfort (literally a hug), reaffirm love (it’s not forgive and forget, you will not bring it to charge)
- V8 verbal encouragement
- V11 Satan would have an advantage (foothold) by not forgiving and restoring, Satan gains advantage
- 7:6-10
- It was necessary
- Gal. 6:1
- Proper restoration occurs in the Body of Christ
- Qualifications for accountability—spiritual, not just saved
- Spiritual person will be temped with:
- Tempted to be too angry
- Tempted to feel holier than thou
- Tempted to do the same sin
- Spiritual person will be temped with:
- Restoration: Gr. Katartidzo (to set [like a broken bone])
- Qualifications for accountability—spiritual, not just saved
- Proper restoration occurs in the Body of Christ