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Chapter 30: Of Church Censures (Part 7)

Speaker: Reverend Joseph Poon

Website: http://www.bpcwa.org.au/

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Introduction - (00:00)

QUESTIONS

Q10. Give Bible reasons of church censure in each case:

Q10. a) Spread of sin in the church - (05:59)

Q10. b) Clear and uphold Christ’s honor - (17:42)

Q10. c) Uphold godly profession of the gospel - (31:23)

Q10. d) Preventing the wrath of God upon the church? - (39:40)

Q11. Summarize the key reasons for church censures, the response needed, and what happens if these are not heeded. - (43:37)

WCF 30.4

Q12. Who are to perform official church discipline? Why? What if the church officer needs to be disciplined? - (55:49)

Q13. What are the steps of church discipline for BP churches as documented in the BP Book of Discipline? What does each step mean? - (58:19)

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CHAPTER XXX OF CHURCH CENSURES

1. THE Lord Jesus, as king and head of his church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of church-officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.1

1. Isa. 9:6-7; I Tim. 5:17; I Thess. 5:12; Acts 20:17-18; Heb. 13:7,17,24; I Cor. 12:28; Matt. 28:18-20

2. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have power respectively to retain and remit sins, to shut that kingdom against the impenitent, both by the word and censures; and to open it unto penitent sinners, by the ministry of the gospel, and by absolution from censures, as occasion shall require.2

2. Matt. 16:19; Matt. 18:17-18; John 20:21-23; II Cor. 2:6-8

3. Church censures are necessary for the reclaiming and gaining of offending brethren; for deterring of others from the like offenses; for purging out of that leaven which might infect the whole lump; for vindicating the honor of Christ, and the holy profession of the gospel; and for preventing the wrath of God, which might justly fall upon the church, if they should suffer his covenant, and the seals thereof, to be profaned by notorious and obstinate offenders.3

3. I Cor. 5:1-13; I Tim. 5:20; Matt. 7:6; I Tim. 1:20; I Cor. 11:27-34; with Jude 23

4. For the better attaining of these ends, the officers of the church are to proceed by admonition, suspension from the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper for a season, and by excommunication from the church, according to the nature of the crime, and demerit of the person.4

4. I Thess. 5:12; II Thess. 3:6,14-15; I Cor. 5:4-5,13; Matt. 18:17; Tit. 3:10

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Westminster Confession of Faith Series

Bible Presbyterian Church of WA

Friday 31st January 2020

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