Church Discipline (2): Repent, Forgive, Reconcile, Restore | Matthew 18:15-35
ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church · Carlos Montijo
January 16, 2022
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> Jan 16, 2022 <span class="sermon-speaker"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> </span> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-15" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/biblical-church-discipline">Biblical Church Discipline</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"><strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/church-discipline">Church Discipline</a> </span> <span class="sermon-verse"><strong>Scripture:</strong> <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Heb%203.12%E2%80%9313;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Heb 3.12–13" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Hebrews 3:12–13</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Lev%2019.16%E2%80%9318;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Lev 19.16–18" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Leviticus 19:16–18</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%205.38%E2%80%9345;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 5.38–45" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 5:38–45</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Deut%209.15;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Deut 9.15" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Deuteronomy 9:15</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Matt%2018.15%E2%80%9335;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Matt 18.15–35" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Matthew 18:15–35</a>, <a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://ref.ly/Luke%2017.3%E2%80%934;nasb95?t=biblia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-reference="Luke 17.3–4" data-version="nasb95" data-purpose="bible-reference">Luke 17:3–4</a></span></span><span id="en-ESV-30527" class="text 1John-1-3"></span></p> <h3><span id="en-ESV-23740" class="text Matt-18-15">If Your Brother Sins Against You</span></h3> <p><span class="text Matt-18-15"><span class="woj">“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23741" class="text Matt-18-16"><span class="woj">But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23742" class="text Matt-18-17"><span class="woj">If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23743" class="text Matt-18-18"><span class="woj">Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23744" class="text Matt-18-19"><span class="woj">Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23745" class="text Matt-18-20"><span class="woj">For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” Matthew 18:15-20<br /></span></span></p> <p><strong>We meet on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave <br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <h3><span id="en-ESV-23746" class="text Matt-18-21">The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant</span></h3> <p><span class="text Matt-18-21">Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”</span> <span id="en-ESV-23747" class="text Matt-18-22">Jesus said to him, <span class="woj">“I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.</span></span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-23748" class="text Matt-18-23"><span class="woj">“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23749" class="text Matt-18-24"><span class="woj">When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23750" class="text Matt-18-25"><span class="woj">And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23751" class="text Matt-18-26"><span class="woj">So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23752" class="text Matt-18-27"><span class="woj">And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23753" class="text Matt-18-28"><span class="woj">But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay what you owe.’</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23754" class="text Matt-18-29"><span class="woj">So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23755" class="text Matt-18-30"><span class="woj">He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23756" class="text Matt-18-31"><span class="woj">When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23757" class="text Matt-18-32"><span class="woj">Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23758" class="text Matt-18-33"><span class="woj">And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23759" class="text Matt-18-34"><span class="woj">And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23760" class="text Matt-18-35"><span class="woj">So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.” Matthew 18:21-35<br /></span></span></p> <p>Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.</p>