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8 “Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen” Deuteronomy 27:26. In principle, the same applies now. See Proverbs 13:13, which has never been rescinded. (Note the 13s in these references.) Proverbs 13:13 should be memorized. “Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.” See the New Testament admonition in 1 Thessalonians 4:2, 7-8. “For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus...For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.” 11. What had Nehemiah done to help ease the people’s burden (Nehemiah 5:14-15, 18)? Why is a good example important to God’s people? He had refrained from the governor’s personal food and drink allowance and that for his staff and guests and from his personal expense account. See Question 9 with respect to Nehemiah’s example. Examples will be followed, including wrong examples, as Solomon warns in Proverbs 29:12. “If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.” Right examples are meant to be set so that they can be followed for that which, like “godliness is profitable unto all things” 1 Timothy 4:8, for that which, like “good works...are good and profitable unto men” Titus 3:8 and the avoidance of all “that is unprofitable for you” Hebrews 13:17, as Paul exhorts in Hebrews 13:7. “Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.” Further Thought and Consideration List and explain passages showing what the New Testament church should do when members sin. The main passages are Matthew 18:15-17 and 1 Corinthians 5:4-5. The over-arching lesson is that sin should be confronted, not condoned or allowed to fester. See Romans 6:11-18 and 1 Corinthians 6:18 in particular with respect to the sin of 1 Corinthians 5:1-5. “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.” Matthew 18:15-17 See the Ruckman Reference Bible p 1270 and Dr Ruckman’s commentary The Book of Matthew pp 348-350. “Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.” Matthew 18:15-17 is a pre-Pentecost statement with a post-Pentecost application, showing the increasing severity of the steps taken with respect to a saved individual who persists in a
9 particular sin or fails to repent of it. Ejection from the church assembly is the final stage. See 1 Corinthians 5:2, 13, to follow. Note the expression “as an heathen man.” A wilfully erring saved individual cannot, by definition, revert to being an unsaved individual but he can be treated as one. Matthew 18:15 cross references to Luke 17:3-4, showing that every effort should be made for the sinfulness to be overcome at the initial, individual stage. “Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.” Matthew 18:15-17 also cross references to Titus 3:10-11 with respect to heretics. “A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.” 1 Corinthians 5:4-5, in the context of 1 Corinthians 5:1-5, see also Genesis 35:22 “In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” See Dr Ruckman’s commentary The Books of First and Second Corinthians pp 97-104. The deliverance to Satan has to be through prayer, such that Satan, being “a rod” 1 Corinthians 4:21 for chastisement, causes the individual to repent, 2 Timothy 1:20. Note Exodus 4:2, 4 and Isaiah 10:5, where God says “O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation” but “the king of Assyria” is in type the Devil, Isaiah 10:12, 13. See the Ruckman Reference Bible pp 787, 927. Dr Ruckman describes in his commentary The Book of Job pp 246-248 three cases of sinning individuals, two of whom were saved, who appear to have got right with the Lord after undergoing satanic chastisement. One in particular suffered severe “destruction of the flesh” but the rest of his life and testimony i.e. “the spirit” was salvaged for when the Lord comes back, 1 Corinthians 3:13, 14. That is the sense of 1 Corinthians 5:5. See the Ruckman Reference Bible p 1515. A saved individual is already spiritually saved, according to 1 Corinthians 6:17 “But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.” Paul also urges, indeed commands, the removal of the individual from the church assembly while he persists in his sin. “And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you” 1 Corinthians 5:2. “But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person” 1 Corinthians 5:13. Nehemiah 5:7 indicates that where “the nobles, and the rulers” had sinned, Nehemiah was compelled to instigate the final stage in that “I set a great assembly against them.” List and explain passages showing the need for repentance and restitution. The main passages are 2 Corinthians 2:6-8 in the context of 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 and Galatians 6:1. 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 is Paul’s exhortation on bringing the individual in 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 back into fellowship and Galatians 6:1-5 is a warning on refraining from a “holier than thou” Isaiah 65:5 attitude when restoring an individual who has sinned.
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