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Originally Posted by CC1
I have been away from the computer for a few hours and have enjoyed catching up on this thread. Some great discussion in it.
Even though I believe Ron is dead wrong in his take on this it is good to see him posting and bringing some articulate discussion to the table.
The premise of Ron's objection to a preacher caught in moral failure being discussed is the scriptures detailing how such a person should be treated in their church.
It is clear those instructions were given for dealing with a person's specific situation by the church he was associated with. By church I don't think it means a specific congregation but it could be that or even a regional or wider covering he might be subject to.
However those instructions were regarding determining the sinful persons status. They were to be given a course of action to make things right then if they did not follow that they were to be cast out of the church.
Nowhere do I see instructions for the "church" outside of that person's immediate congregation not to discuss the situation or be made aware of it.
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Wrong! There is a thing called Gossip & as well, there are systems to go through to deal with someone who has a situation.
Mathew 28:15-18 comes to mind as well as
Acts 23:1-5
Give a clear response how we are to treat this.
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