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Chapter 30: Of Church Censures (Part 8)

Speaker: Reverend Joseph Poon

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

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Introduction - (00:00)

QUESTIONS

WCF 30.4

Q13. What are the steps of church discipline for BP churches as documented in the BP Book of Discipline? What does each step mean? - (17:13)

Q18. What needs to be done in the church in the case of suspension (7.11)? Why? - (47:41)

Q21. Can ordained Pastors and Elders be restored back into their roles if proven repentance (7.14.15, 16)? Why is this important? - (58:57)

Q14. Does withholding Holy Communion means suspension must follow and vice versa? Explain why. - (1:05:08)

Q15. Are all cases of asking someone to step down from service church discipline cases? Explain. - (1:06:46)

Q16. How does one move from deposition to excommunication (7.10)?

Q17. What does God command us to do in our relationship with those who are:

Q17. a) Repentant while under discipline or those we are excommunicated?

Q17. b) Unrepentant while under discipline or those we are excommunicated?

Q17. c) Excommunicated while under discipline or those we are excommunicated?

Q19. Must all discipline cases go through the entire 5 steps (6.2, 7.7)? Explain with examples. - (1:12:15)

Q20. Should/Must we always restore the repentant deposed person back into his position? Why? Give examples. What if the person asks, “why am I not allowed to serve in certain areas anymore?” - (1:22:36)

Q22. What should I do if the person under discipline tells me the church treated him/her unfairly/did not use the proper process (3.6, 7)? Why? - (1:30:21)

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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 14th February 2020

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