Dean wrote: > That's brotherly love mentioned in this verse- Right. I thought that was the point. All would know that we are disciples of Christ by our love for one another.
Dean wrote: > in case you haven't noticed DaveH- isn't no > brother-try again-Perhaps you also should > read 2 Peter 2. And perhaps you should refresh yourself with the following passage: "I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat." (1 Corinthians 5:9-11 KJV) Discipline in the form of not keeping company with sinners concerns sinners who are brothers in the church. If you judge that Dave Hansen is NOT a brother, then that frees you to keep company with him. If we cannot keep company with those in the world, then why do we stay in this world? As Paul says, "for then must ye needs go out of the world." Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
