A Word from Our Outpost, with Joseph and Crystal Gruber

Matthew 18: Jesus' Sermon on Life in the Church // Episode 94


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Jesus gives five major sermons in Matthew's Gospel-- the sermon on the mount, the sending of the twelve, the parables, this sermon in Matthew 18, and a final one with a lot of woe and destruction. Of the five, I think we know which one gets the most talked about, and it rhymes with the merman on the fount. But this sermon, Matthew 18, is worth a look at too. In it, Jesus lays out what we should expect if we live in the Church.

It's not immediately obvious that Jesus should paint the picture that He does. In fact, it's pretty counter-intuitive. Become like children. Scandal and temptation are going to come. People will sin against us. Repeatedly. We need to face those who wound us. They still might not concede an inch. We probably will have the right to insist on our own way, and on receiving our due, and yet somehow, there may be a better way. God doesn't want any of the lost to be lost, even the ones who have hurt us. 

Not intuitive stuff. 

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