Church discipline for domestic abusers who claim to be Christians: 1 Corinthians 5:11-13
Posted on 17 July 2024 by Barbara Roberts
There are six sins for which a professing believer should be promptly expelled from the church and treated as an unbeliever.
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- sexual immorality
- greed — covetousness
- idolatry — elevating something other than God to the place that only God should occupy
- verbal abuse — assailing with scornful language, slander, reviling
- drunkenness — by extension this includes any kind of drug abuse
- swindling — robbing, extortion, destructive ferocity, ravening, predating, raping, plundering, subsisting on live prey
Every domestic abuser is guilty of verbal abuse, idolatry and swindling. Some domestic abusers also misuse alcohol or drugs. And when it comes to sexual immorality, there are numerous sins they can commit. I’ll explain this more…
Read the rest here: https://cryingoutforjustice.blog/2024/07/17/church-discipline-for-domestic-abusers-who-claim-to-be-christians-1-corinthians-511-13/