Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. – I Corinthians 5:13. The retaining of sins, the excommunication from the Christian congregation, the ban, as it is called, should be executed upon those members of the congregation who are …

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If I forgave anything, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ. —II Corinthians 2:10. My dear Christian, when considering and meditating upon what the Word of God says concerning the Office of the …

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Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out. – Acts 3:19. We all are poor, miserable sinners. There is no doubt about that. But there are penitent and impenitent sinners. Penitent sinners are such as …

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God hath set some in the Church…teachers. – I Corinthians 12:28. If, as we saw yesterday, the Office of the Keys, and all the powers connected with it, has been given to the Church, what, then, is the purpose of …

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Verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. – Matthew 18:18. Who are the “ye” in this text? To whom …

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For the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. – Ephesians 4:12. Our Lord Jesus Christ has instituted an office in His Church on earth. An office is a service, a ministry, vested with certain …

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Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. – Revelation 2:10. Dear Christian! If you were baptized in infancy, at that very moment the Holy Ghost kindled faith in your heart, and you received …

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Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh. – John 3:5-6. The widely spread …

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Therefore we are buried with Him by Baptism into death, that, like as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. – Romans 6:4. Through Baptism …

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The washing of regeneration. – Titus 3:5. Baptism works forgiveness of sins, delivers from death and the devil, and gives eternal salvation to all who believe this, as the words and promises of God declare. When a Christian who is …

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