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5 Steps | Matthew 18:15-18 Accountability & Discipline Accountability & Discipline: 5 Steps Step 1 . Prayerful self-examination and discernment. Accountability & Discipline: 5 Steps Step 1 . Prayerful self-examination and discernment.


  1. 5 Steps | Matthew 18:15-18 Accountability & Discipline

  2. Accountability & Discipline: 5 Steps Step 1 . Prayerful self-examination and discernment.

  3. Accountability & Discipline: 5 Steps Step 1 . Prayerful self-examination and discernment. Step 2 . Private one-on-one conversation.

  4. Accountability & Discipline: 5 Steps Step 1 . Prayerful self-examination and discernment. Step 2 . Private one-on-one conversation. Step 3 . Private conversation with 1-2 other witnesses.

  5. Witness Defined: Witness - A witness is normally someone who has personally observed a sin or pattern of sin in someone’s life (Deut 19:15; Matt 18:15-16). A witness may also be a mature believer who can help establish a behavior or action as sinful based on Scripture, even if they have not necessarily observed the action itself.

  6. Accountability & Discipline: 5 Steps Step 1 . Prayerful self-examination and discernment. Step 2 . Private one-on-one conversation. Step 3 . Private conversation with 1-2 other witnesses. Step 4 . Present this issue to the church members.

  7. Accountability & Discipline: 5 Steps Step 1 . Prayerful self-examination and discernment. Step 2 . Private one-on-one conversation. Step 3 . Private conversation with 1-2 other witnesses. Step 4 . Present this issue to the church members. Step 5 . Church members enact church discipline.

  8. The members may enact church discipline by: A. O ffi cially declaring that they do not recognize the confession of faith of the unrepentant sinner and identify them as a non-believer; B. Removing the non-believer from church membership; C. Refusing to serve the Lord’s Supper to the non- believer; and D. Calling the non-believer to repentance and faith.

  9. What did Jesus do? Matthew 11:19a (ESV) 
 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

  10. Accountability & Discipline: 5 Steps Step 1 . Prayerful self-examination and discernment. Step 2 . Private one-on-one conversation. Step 3 . Private conversation with 1-2 other witnesses. Step 4 . Present this issue to the church members. Step 5 . Church members enact church discipline.

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