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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">owner-meeting@kent.net on behalf of Don Andersen[SMTP:DANEDON@HOTMAIL.COM]
<BR></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thursday, October 28, 2004 7:01:40 PM
<BR></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">meeting@kent.net
<BR></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Spam: meeting: Elders or Assembly decisions
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<P>1 Corinthians 5:1 It is reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. <I>2 </I>And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. <I>3 </I>For<B> I </B>verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, <B>have judged already</B>, as though I were present, [concerning] him that hath so done this deed, <I>4 </I>In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, <U>when ye are gathered together</U>, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, <I>5 </I>To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT></P>
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<P>We can see from the above passage that the Apostle himself had already judged this matter. But, that wasn't enough. Would it have been enough IF he had joined with several other Apostles in rendering his decision?</P>
<P>Note the underlined portion. Is this Letter written to the Elders? or is it written to the assembly? For example, can 3 elders put someone out of fellowship, or is an action by the entire assembly required? btw, if you think this was just written to the elders, then the fornication was among them.<BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva">Your loving brother,</SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #cc00ff; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva"> </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></STRONG></FONT></P>
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