The NXR Podcast - October 21, 2022


DAILY TRUTH - Excommunicating

Hosted by
Joel Webbon Harrison Smith Antonio Griffith Dale Partridge Wewsley Todd Calvin Robinson
Mentioned
Joel Webin Joel
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Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

208.14

Word count

1,200

Sentence count

79


Summary

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In this episode, Pastor Joe and Joel talk about how you can become a member of a church without ever becoming a formal member. They talk about the benefits of being a part of a good, biblical church and how it doesn't require you to become a full-fledged member.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hey guys, real quick, before we get started, I have a small request.
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00:00:19.700 Jesus said,
00:00:20.800 Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
00:00:25.440 You're listening to Daily Truth.
00:00:30.000 every church kicks people out.
00:00:32.620 Every church is going to have disgruntled people
00:00:34.780 who get mad at the leaders,
00:00:36.620 and then the leaders are going to have to do something about it.
00:00:40.040 And if they can't win them over and get them to stop gossiping,
00:00:43.660 you know, and causing divisions, all those kinds of things,
00:00:46.740 then the leaders are going to somehow remove them.
00:00:50.620 So the question is, are they going to remove them biblically
00:00:53.380 where they get due justice according to Jesus,
00:00:56.920 or are they going to remove them the way that a casino
00:00:59.600 removes somebody for counting cards, right?
00:01:02.980 I mean, churches, they're doing it one of two ways.
00:01:04.760 They're doing it congregationally, according to the Bible,
00:01:06.820 or they're taking them in the pastor's office,
00:01:09.220 breaking their kneecaps, and you never see them again.
00:01:12.540 Now, not literally, but that happens, right?
00:01:15.080 Six months go by and you're like, where's so-and-so been?
00:01:18.640 You never hear from again?
00:01:20.940 I mean, I've heard horror stories of people being threatened.
00:01:23.160 If you talk to members about what we said to you or blah, blah, blah,
00:01:26.500 And they'll never send an email because they don't want there to be any record
00:01:29.620 because they're shady.
00:01:32.220 Look, every church is removing people.
00:01:33.820 So don't let that scare you.
00:01:34.820 This church removes people?
00:01:36.520 We've only done it once.
00:01:40.000 So don't be afraid.
00:01:41.880 Look, they're commands from Jesus.
00:01:43.920 We have to obey him.
00:01:44.660 And what Jesus commands is good.
00:01:46.520 His law is not arbitrary.
00:01:47.940 What he commands is not just the right thing.
00:01:49.720 It's also the good thing.
00:01:50.640 It's the thing that preserves life and health and peace and joy and unity.
00:01:55.320 And you got to do it.
00:01:56.500 And here's the thing.
00:01:57.080 It's not even like we're saying we're going to do it
00:01:58.400 because we're going to obey.
00:01:59.180 Everyone's doing it.
00:01:59.720 Even the disobedient guys are still doing it.
00:02:01.840 They're just doing it disobediently.
00:02:03.880 So if everyone's going to do it,
00:02:05.160 why not be a part of a church that does it rightly?
00:02:09.780 Submission, you get to choose who your leaders are.
00:02:11.460 If you're a part of a good biblical congregational church,
00:02:14.000 you get to keep choosing who your leaders are.
00:02:16.600 You have authority.
00:02:18.100 Obey your leaders.
00:02:19.940 Now, again, you might say my attendance is enough for me
00:02:22.260 to be able to discern who my leaders are.
00:02:23.960 I've been attending the response church
00:02:25.500 for the last four months, I'm not a member, but I attend somewhat frequently. I come, you know,
00:02:30.840 two or three times a month. Maybe you come four for four, which if that's the case, kudos, you're
00:02:35.160 beating the vast majority of our members. You know that, I mean, four for four is pretty good.
00:02:39.440 But even then, you're able to say, well, I'm coming, and by my mere attendance, without ever
00:02:44.120 becoming a formal church member, I am able to look to you, Joel, and say, you are my leader.
00:02:49.640 So I'm able to discern who my leaders are. I can look at you, and I can look at your website and
00:02:54.160 see who the other elders are. You guys are my leaders. So I'm able to obey my leaders without
00:02:58.200 becoming a formal church member, simply by attending. Well, if that's the counter, here's
00:03:02.560 the counter counter. No, you can't on two accounts, all right? Number one, the reason why that doesn't
00:03:08.500 work is because you're saying, well, I'm able to discern who my leaders are just by attending,
00:03:12.560 and therefore I'm able to obey them. Well, if you're attending this church, you don't want to
00:03:16.680 be a member, but you're attending this church, and you're saying, Joe, I have deemed that you
00:03:20.740 are my leader. And so I'm able to see you and obey you without becoming a member. I'm telling you
00:03:26.780 right now to become a member, so you're disobeying. See how that works? So it doesn't actually, it just
00:03:33.460 doesn't work out for you. You're not obeying your leader. So you're saying, I'm attending the church
00:03:36.820 and I'm saying, you're my leader. And I'm saying, okay, great. Obey me. I'm telling you to become a
00:03:41.600 member of the church by biblical standards. And you're saying, no, then you're not obeying your
00:03:46.880 leaders. Now, and you may say, all right, so here's another counter. Well, then I'll just find
00:03:50.440 basically what, I mean, you won't call it this because you're going to have to justify,
00:03:54.200 self-justify, but what it's actually going to be is I'm just going to have to find a more
00:03:58.080 compromised church. I'm going to have to find a church that's still good and still conservative
00:04:01.980 and still biblical, but a little less biblical, right? Where the leaders there won't command me
00:04:07.100 to become a member. That way I won't be found when I refuse to become a member disobedient.
00:04:11.940 So I can still go to that church now, detect them by my attendance that they are my leaders,
00:04:16.440 and I just got to find leaders who won't ever love me enough
00:04:19.080 to tell me to become a member in the church for my benefit, for my good.
00:04:22.600 That way, I'll never be found to be rebelling and disobeying those leaders.
00:04:25.780 And you can go that route.
00:04:26.720 I'm just playing it out for you because you're going to be tempted
00:04:29.460 to use better language, much more charitable language
00:04:32.740 than the language I just used.
00:04:33.680 So I just want to use the very uncharitable language
00:04:35.600 to call it what it actually is so that hopefully your conscience
00:04:38.340 will be bound and you'll be like, yeah, I shouldn't do that.
00:04:40.780 Because you shouldn't.
00:04:42.580 Don't do that.
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