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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

It is neither obedient to Christ, nor in the church’s best interest, to permit an expelled person to attend the meetings of the church so that he can be exposed to biblical preaching. He was expelled because he has already heard, and rejected, the biblical message of repentance. The determination to exclude such a person from all church functions is primarily based on the command for Christians not to keep company with those who are under the discipline of expulsion (1 Corinthians 5:11), which in turn is based on the principle that “a little leaven leavens the whole lump” (1 Corinthians 5:6). Leaven (sinful influence) can only be prevented from spreading throughout the whole lump of dough (the church) when the two are not allowed to come into contact with each other. It cannot be right, therefore, to give a person who is openly unrepentant the opportunity to exert an immoral and/or divisive influence on the other members of a local church (Jim Elliff and Daryl Wingerd).
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Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand – in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science – he is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God. He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.
Abraham Kuyper

Bible – English_World – Psalms Chapter 116:1-19.

Index: World English Bible

 

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116:1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, And my cries for mercy.

116:2 Because he has turned his ear to me, Therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

116:3 The cords of death surrounded me, The pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

116:4 Then called I on the name of Yahweh: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

116:5 Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.

116:6 Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

116:7 Return to your rest, my soul, For Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

116:8 For you have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.

116:9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.

116:10 I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”

116:11 I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

116:12 What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?

116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh.

116:14 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his people.

116:15 Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

116:16 Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.

116:17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on the name of Yahweh.

116:18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, Yes, in the presence of all his people,

116:19 In the courts of Yahweh’s house, In the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise Yah!