Matt asks Brian about 2 social media posts:
Hear me out, hear me out…
I think we should just try this:
If your brother sins against you,
go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone.
If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
This afternoon I got the perfect email from a member of Valley Life Church.
It basically said,
in light of the Scripture we covered in the sermon on Sunday:
1. How do I conform my difficult relationships to God's will?
2. How do I walk closely with Christ while dealing with this trouble?
Scriptures
Matthew 18:15
15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
Romans 12:18–19
18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Matthew 18:21–22
21 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”
22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Proverbs 22:24–25
24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 26:18–19
18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death
19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”
