Christ's Power in Church Power

In this last chapter of his 2nd epistle to the Corinthinans Paul warns the church that when he comes he will exercise the judician power of Christ to discipline those who lived impenitently in sexual impurity. Though believed to be weak by many in the church and not even a true apostle, he was ready to give a "proof" of his apostleship by using visible and extraordinary demonstrations of the divine displeasure toward certain offenders. Christ spoke in olden times by the prophets; in the primitive
Christian church by the apostles; and today by faithful ministers when they teach and preach the Word of God already revealed. The sermon seeks to show that Christ's judician power is also exercised today in judgments of church courts when they discipline offenders according to the Word of God. Such church power is not obvious since many who exercise this power are
"weak" in themselves and not polished. Yet, as was the case with the "weakness" of Christ and Paul, the power of God is also present and brought forth. Christians are called upon to reverence this power in the weakness of Christ's servants and to recognize that they themselves are associated with Christ both in his weakness and in his power.