Effects of No Church Discipline
If a church looks the other way and refuses to notice when more and more members become ungodly, that church will become a gathering place for the worldly.
If a church looks the other way and refuses to notice when more and more members become ungodly, that church will become a gathering place for the worldly.
The problem of disinterested people is not new. It existed in some places even in the first century. Paul said it existed in Corinth. “For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness” (I Corinthians 1:22-23).
For some time now I’ve seen a clever and catchy phrase floating around: “The church is a hospital for sinners, not a hotel for saints.” … Let me ask a very sincere and honest question: Is this the way the Bible describe the church?