Reasons NOT To Practice Church Discipline

We are in the environment of sin! We need deliverance from the allure of sin and the things that it brings.  We all need the grace and pardon of God. Our Our Lord Jesus is our High Priest and He is touched by the feeling of our failings. - Hebrews 4:14,15

Mark Dever in his book nine marks of a healthy church says:
(1) We certainly should not practice church discipline to be vindictive. - Romans 12:19
(2) Corrective church discipline is never to be done out of meanness of spirit but  only out of a love for the offending party and the members of the church individually, and ultimately out of our love for God Himself.
(3) Discipline should never be meant to take place out the mistaken notion that we have the final word from God on a person's eternal fate.

Instead, we are to practice church discipline because with humility and love, we want to see good come out of this ministry.

Therefore as the  leadership serves the members in the Church many Biblical exhortations are to come into play. Here are just a few:

1. A Spirit of meekness Galatians 6:1
2. Self-evaluation - You are no better except by the grace of God. That will lead you to tamper your exhortation correctly. - Galatians 6:1,3
3. Embrace the law of Christ which is Love.  Do to others as you would want them to do to you! Galatians 6:2
4. The right timing - 1 Corinthians 13:4; Proverbs 25:11
5. Speak the truth & impart grace - Ephesians 4:15,29

May God help us to lovingly restore and support.