Originally Posted by Jobeluan65
I desire to keep aloof from strife. I have clearly stated women elders are not Biblical. Proverbs 20:3
Huh? scratch1

1) No one here, including me a) asked if YOU personally held to the view allowing women as office bearers in the church, nor b) to defend yourself or anyone else who did.

2) What I was curious about is your application of what Sinclair Ferguson wrote in regard to those who claim to be believers and who either hold to erroneous doctrine and/or who are involved in sinful behavior.

Here are my two questions as previously asked, which surely has NOTHING to do with "strife"!!

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1) IF you thus believe, as your application would seem to apply, that we are to allow professing Christians to hold to heretical doctrine until such time as God through His Spirit reveals their error and changes their heart and mind, is discipline of such individuals justified? And if so, what kind of disciple would you prescribe?... a) for communicate members of a church, and b) for those ordained to office; Elder or Deacon?

2) How would you evaluate the manner which Jesus, Paul and the other authors of the Epistles of the NT dealt with those who held to heretical doctrine and/or practiced sinful behavior? Cf. the following for evaluation:
I then listed a number of passages from God's Word which spoke directly concerning false teachers, heretics within the Church, etc., and asked how those might bear upon your "application" of Ferguson's quote, i.e., showing patience toward believers. The Topic of the thread started with a question concerning those who claimed to be Christians but who denied that Scripture is infallible and inerrant. The matter of women in office was then added as a specific example of an error currently being promoted in many churches. So, my response to you is definitely on topic and surely relevant to what you wrote.

Methinks you owe it to the thousands who visit this board a reply to my "non-strife" questions. grin

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