Restoration of the Corporate Body

Sep 25, 2011 • Roger Skepple • The Goal of Community Discipline Pt. A

Message Outline:

The Goal of Community Discipline

2 Corinthians 2:5-11

Part A

The Goal of Church Discipline

● Understood Individually

● Understood Corporately

■ The Book of 2 Corinthians

■ The Context of 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

I. The Cause of the Discipline (2:5)

A. The Action that Occurred (2:5a)

● sorrow physical pain or mental anguish to vex, irritate, offend, or insult

1. Sorrow Understood Positively

2. Sorrow Understood Negatively

B. The Result that Occurred (2:5b)

II. The Restoration from Discipline (2:6-8)

A. The Time of Restoration (2:6a)

● sufficient person–competent, qualified or able for a task things–adequate or large enough

● punishment a judicial ruling regarding an infraction against such civil
rights penalty

B. The Participants in Restoration (2:6b)

● majority almost everyone; everyone