Lord’s Day 31, Chapter 4: The Key Power of Christian Discipline (2)

In regard to the question concerning the key power of Christian discipline, it is very important that we understand certain definite principles. In the first place, also in regard to Christian dis­cipline we must understand that its key power lies only in the Word of God. The word of man, or the opinions of men, can have no power to open or shut the kingdom of heaven. Whether, therefore, Chris­tian discipline consists in private admonition, in which a brother admonishes another, or in the...