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!”