Torrey's Topical Textbook

"Discipline of the Church" to "Divisions"

Discipline of the Church

- Ministers authorised to establish Mt 16:19; 18:18

- CONSISTS IN . Maintaining sound doctrine 1Ti 1:3; Tit 1:13

. Ordering its affairs 1Co 11:34; Tit 1:5

. Rebuking offenders 1Ti 5:20; 2Ti 4:2

. Removing obstinate offenders 1Co 5:3-5,13; 1Ti 1:20

- Should be submitted to Heb 13:17

- Is for edification 2Co 10:8; 13:10

- Decency and order, the objects of 1Co 14:40

- Exercise, in a spirit of charity 2Co 2:6-8

- Prohibits women preaching 1Co 14:34; 1Ti 2:12

Diseases

- Often sent as punishment De 28:21; Joh 5:14

- Often brought from other countries De 7:15

- Often through Satan 1Sa 16:14-16; Job 2:7

- Regarded as visitations Job 2:7-10; Ps 38:2,7

- Intemperance a cause of Ho 7:5

- Sins of youth a cause of Job 20:11

- Over-excitement a cause of Da 8:27

- Were many and divers Mt 4:24

- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE . Ague Le 26:16

. Abscess 2Ki 20:7

. Atrophy Job 16:8; 19:20

. Blindness Job 29:15; Mt 9:27

. Boils and blains Ex 9:10

. Consumption Le 26:16; De 28:22

. Demoniacal possession Mt 15:22; Mr 5:15

. Deafness Ps 38:13; Mr 7:32

. Debility Ps 102:23; Eze 7:17

. Dropsy Lu 14:2

. Dumbness Pr 31:8; Mt 9:32

. Dysentery 2Ch 21:12-19; Ac 28:8

. Emerods De 28:27; 1Sa 5:6,12

. Fever De 28:22; Mt 8:14

. Impediment speech Mr 7:32

. Itch De 28:27

. Inflammation De 28:22

. Issue of blood Mt 9:20

. Lameness 2Sa 4:4; 2Ch 16:12

. Leprosy Le 13:2; 2Ki 5:1

. Loss of appetite Job 33:20; Ps 107:18

. Lunacy Mt 4:24; 17:15

. Melancholy 1Sa 16:14

. Palsy Mt 8:6; 9:2

. Plague 2Sa 24:15, Nu 11:33;21,25

. Scab De 28:27

. Sunstroke 2Ki 4:18-20; Isa 49:10

. Ulcers Isa 1:6; Lu 16:20

. Worms Ac 12:23

- Children subject to 2Sa 12:15; 1Ki 17:17

- FREQUENTLY . Loathsome Ps 38:7; 41:8

. Painful 2Ch 21:15; Job 33:19

. Tedious De 28:59; Joh 5:5; Lu 13:16

. Complicated De 28:60,61; Ac 28:8

. Incurable 2Ch 21:18; Jer 14:19

- Physicians undertook the cure of Jer 8:22; Mt 9:12; Lu 4:23

- Medicine used for curing Pr 17:22; Isa 1:6

- Art of curing, defective Job 13:4; Mr 5:26

- God often entreated to cure 2Sa 12:16; 2Ki 20:1-3; Ps 6:2; Jas 5:14

- Not looking to God in, condemned 2Ch 16:12

- THOSE AFFLICTED WITH . Anointed Mr 6:13; Jas 5:14

. Often laid in the streets to receive advice from passers by Mr 6:56; Ac 5:15

. Often divinely supported Ps 41:3

. Often divinely cured 2Ki 20:5; Jas 5:15

- Illustrative of sin Isa 1:5

Disobedience to God

- Provokes his anger Ps 78:10,40; Isa 3:8

- Forfeits his favour 1Sa 13:14

- Forfeits his promised blessings Jos 5:6; 1Sa 2:30; Jer 18:10

- Brings a curse De 11:28; 28:15

- A characteristic of the wicked Eph 2:2; Tit 1:16; 3:3

- The wicked persevere in Jer 2:21

- Heinousness of, illustrated Jer 35:14

- Men prone to excuse Ge 3:12,13

- Shall be punished Isa 42:24,25; Heb 2:2

- Acknowledge the punishment of, to be just Da 9:10, Ne 9:32,33;11,14

- Warnings against 1Sa 12:15; Jer 12:17

- Bitter results of, illustrated Jer 9:13,15

- Exemplified . Adam and Eve Ge 3:6,11

. Pharaoh Ex 5:2

. Nadab, &c Le 10:1

. Moses, &c Nu 20:8, 11,24

. Saul 1Sa 28:18

. The prophet 1Ki 13:20-23

. Israel 2Ki 18:9-12

. Jonah Jon 1:2,3

Divination

- An abominable practice 1Sa 15:23

- All who practised it, abominable De 18:12

- PRACTISED BY . Diviners De 18:14

. Enchanters De 18:10; Jer 27:9

. Witches Ex 22:18; De 18:10

. Charmers De 18:11

. Wizards De 18:11; 1Sa 28:3

. Consulters of familiar spirits De 18:11

. Magicians Ge 41:8; Da 4:7

. Astrologers Isa 47:13; Da 4:7

. Sorcerers Jer 27:9; Ac 13:6,8

. Necromancers De 18:11

. Soothsayers Isa 2:6; Da 2:27

. False prophets Jer 14:14; Eze 13:3,6

- EFFECTED THROUGH . Enchantments Ex 7:11; Nu 24:1

. Sorcery Isa 47:12; Ac 8:11

. Observing times 2Ki 21:6

. Observing heavenly bodies Isa 37:13

. Raising the dead 1Sa 28:11,12

. Inspecting the inside of beasts Eze 21:21

. The flight of arrows Eze 21:21,22

. Cups Ge 44:2,5

. Rods Ho 4:12

. Dreams Jer 29:8; Zec 10:2

. Connected with idolatry 2Ch 33:5,6

. Books of, numerous and expensive Ac 19:19

. A lucrative employment Nu 22:7; Ac 16:16

- THOSE WHO PRACTISED . Regarded as wise men Da 2:12,27

. Regarded with awe Ac 8:9,11

. Consulted in difficulties Da 2:2; 4:6,7

. Used mysterious words and gestures Isa 8:19

- A system of fraud Eze 13:6,7; Jer 29:8

- Frustrated by God Isa 44:25

- Could not injure the Lord's people Nu 23:23

- THE LAW . Forbade to the Israelites the practice of Le 19:26; De 18:10,11

. Forbade seeking to Le 19:31; De 18:14

. Punished with death those who used Ex 22:18; Le 20:27

. Punished those who sought to Le 20:6

- The Jews prone to 2Ki 17:17; Isa 2:6

Divisions

- Forbidden in the church 1Co 1:10

- Condemned in the church 1Co 1:11-13; 11:18

- Unbecoming in the church 1Co 12:24,25

- ARE CONTRARY TO THE . Unity of Christ 1Co 1:13; 12:13

. Desire of Christ Joh 17:21-23

. Purpose of Christ Joh 10:16

. Spirit of the church 1Co 11:16

- Are proof of a carnal spirit 1Co 3:3

- Avoid those who cause Ro 16:17

- Evil of, illustrated Mt 12:25