Matthew 18:15-20
This is about Reconciliation. (not retaliation).
Desiring to continue and grow in a personal relationship with someone.
This is about Sanctification. (not satisfaction).
Desiring that someone continues and grows in their personal relationship with Christ.
Questions we should ask ourselves? (Offender)
Why are they sharing this with me?
Is it biblical?
Are they right?
Why am I doing what I’m doing?
Why do I like what they say? Why do I not like what they say?
If what they are saying is true, am I willing to change?
Questions we should ask ourselves? (Offended)
Why am I sharing this with them?
Is it biblical?
Am I open to being wrong?
Why am I doing what I’m doing?
What if they don’t like what I say?
What will I do if they are willing to change?
This is about Salvation. (not condemnation)
Desiring that someone has a personal relationship with Christ.
How do we treat someone “like an unbeliever”?
They are our mission, not the enemy.
Move from reconciliation to evangelism.
We abandon our spiritual expectations of them.
We no longer look to them for spiritual influence.
Find new way to love them and reveal the gospel to them.