The Church's Answer to Ravi Zacharias' Years-Long Sexual Infidelity
Tell them, tell them in front of another witness or two, then in front of the congregation, and then, if they won't repent, *remove them from the congregation, but not as enemies but as siblings in Christ, giving their bodies over to Satan to be hurt so their spirit can be saved (that is, so their spirit can be healed on the Earth)*. Not as enemies (that is, not as they were Worldlings), but as siblings!
Salvation is not determined by our good works or by our fight against evil works, but by believing the tenets of salvation that Paul said he learned and repeated to the Corinthian congregation in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 (see the first two verses, too), and by calling on the name of our Master for salvation by verbally confessing Master Jesus, according to Paul's statement in Romans 10:9, 10, and verse 13. Believe and confess, according to the Scriptures for salvation.
We who are justified in Christ behave differently with those who are and those who are not. To the Church, we demand repentance in all things in order to have fellowship - I suppose that extends to friendships, casual acquaintanceships or business partnerships, but probably not to marriages, since the married are the same body. And to those of the Kingdom of Satan, we walk circumspectly with gentleness and wisdom, and we know that they cannot keep from sinning. The only sin we are concerned with in Worldlings is their denial of the tenets of the gospel already referenced and their denial of calling on the name of Master Jesus for salvation.
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