If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
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… He says, okay, basically, if you're going to be my disciple, if your brother sins against you, go and... Go and... Go and what? If your brother sins against you, go and what? Question, what do we do? Jesus says, go and tell him his sin or his fault between you and him alone. So what do we do? I think we go and I think we tell, but I think we go and tell everyone except for the person who's involved. and then this first blind spot we have to look at this weekend is something that every one of us has been hurt by. That's the crazy thing about it. It's something that every one of us hates when we see it in others, but we are willing to compromise when it's ourselves. We say things like, well, I'm just processing. The term is gossip. Say, no, I'm just processing, which apparently means I need to tell three people what they did so I can figure out how I feel about her. …
… Let me read to you those verses. If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you've gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you. that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where the two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among you. The authority of the keys is described in terms of binding and loosing. …
… We will obey with the love of Christ. Matthew chapter 18, verse 15. Let's read this passage one more time. Jesus says, If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, Take one or two others along so that every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. And whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. …
… expressed in the whole context surrounding Matthew chapter 18, verse 15 through 20. We talked about approaching church discipline. How does Jesus approach church discipline? He tells us we need childlike humility. It takes a great deal of humility to confront one another in a way that honors Christ in their sin. And then it takes a great deal of humility to receive correction from one another. We need childlike humility. We need a deep concern for holiness. We need to be serious about sin. We have become so casual with sin. Thank you. we today are so flippant with the holiness of God. And we need a deep concern for holiness. We need to see sin, not like our culture sees it, but like a holy God sees it. such a way that we would not be surprised to hear Jesus say, if your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. Sin is that serious. We need a deep concern for holiness along the way. …
… You could preach from a place of more power if you free yourself from the stuff you've been holding in. here's another scripture in Matthew 18 verses 15 I want to thank Willie for finding this one for me went on Google I thought it was because he was a biblical scholar it was just because he found it quickly because he went on Google either way it says if somebody offends you if another member of the church sins against you or goes and point out a fault when the two of you are alone if the member listens to you you have gained that one but if you are not listened to take one or two others along with you so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses if the member refuses to listen to them tell it to the church if the offender refuses to listen to the church let such a one be as a gentile or a tax collector which means somebody who still has some growing to do the jews were the prop were the predominant culture in the book of matthew he said just treat them like a gentile they they still got some growing to do we're not gonna cancel them but we just gonna you know push them off to the side they they're not there yet but do you see the effort that took place from verses 15 to verses uh 17 all right go to them all right …
… One verse that causes me to stretch and grow into what God wants me to be. It's right here in Matthew chapter 18 and verse 15. Let me set the context, if you will. I would argue with you, my brothers and my sisters, that God is intimately concerned about how you relate to other people. That God's concern for your life is not simply about how loud you shout on Sunday and how many scriptures you memorize, but God watches how you treat other people. I would suggest to you, beloved, that religion without relationship is hypocrisy. That you cannot claim to be in renewed relationship with God and not learn to live in reconciled relationship with other people. God cares about relationship. Christianity is not some personal, pious, me and myself and God existence. but Christianity is a calling on your life to be in connected, loving, fair, just relationships with all of God's people. Relationships matter to God. As a matter of fact, they matter so much. …