# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S343
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

ian faith and love to be expressed in fellowship with

“the Christian love for the erring brother is clothed in
Truth humility and candor. Humility demands that a
Christian remember that he, too, is frail and that

his judgment of a brother may be partial and

;. Lovelessness, arrogance, and arbitrariness have no place
~atment of an erring brother. Great and grievous sins of
ient of the erring brother may lie concealed behind a

e relevant teachings of the Word of God. Neither sepa-
r unionism may be validated by using selected Scriptural
tions out of proper context to prove it correct and by dis-
other relevant Scriptural admonitions. It is required of
i to listen to each other’s testimony, to respect each other’s
ace, and to judge all relationships in the light of the entire

{n'15: 9-17; Romans 12:3-21; Ephesians 4:16; Hebrews 10: 25.
tations 6:1; Acts 18: 24-28; Matthew 18:15-18; Acts 9: 26-30;
#:49-50; Romans 14:1; Galatians 6: 1-5; 2:11; Acts 20:27;

:4. Church Fellowship as a Fellowship of Work

s. A fellowship of faith, confession, and love will find
expression in a fellowship of work. Such behests of
the Lord to the Church as “Go ye,” “Pray ye,” “Labor
ommands not only for individual, but also for joint or
-activity. The work of proclaiming the Gospel in word
4s the task both of the individual Christian and of
joined together. However, such co-operation among
based on the fellowship of faith, confession, and love,
be confused or identified with co-operation in external
f.such co-operation in external matters is not contrary
ly. Scriptures or the Lutheran Confessions, it becomes
Christian freedom and may be undertaken for reasons
ardship and efficiency.

The Lord has given many gifts to the Church, not
ts. for the edification of a few, but for the edification of
. all. The’ Lord has assigned tasks to the Church for
‘enlists the co-operation of all its members with Himself
one another. It would be a misreading or a misunder-