Conflict 03
July 3, 2022

Conflict: Conflict to Healing

Matthew 18:15-20 (NLT)

Conflict 03 | Curtis Thompson | Associate Executive Pastor of Engagement in Connect, Care & Grow / Local Outreach | first aired on 07.03.2022

I. Introduction

Read Scripture
15 “If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.
16 But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses.
17 If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.
18 “I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.
19 “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.
20 For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.” —Matthew 18:15-20 (NLT)

A. Recap

  1. Reconcile with God
  2. Forgiveness

B. Conflict in Society

C. What is Conflict

  1. James 4:1-3
  2. Cain and Abel
  3. Saul and David
  4. Pharaoh and Moses

II. Be A

Reveal Answer

A. Matthew 18:15
B. Responses to Conflict

  1. Escape Response
  2. Attack Response
  3. Peacemaker Response (Matthew 5:9)

III. Seek

Reveal Answer
or
Reveal Answer
Ground

A. Matthew 18:16
B. Deuteronomy 19:15

IV. Seek

Reveal Answer
from Church Leadership

A. Matthew 18:17
B. Philippians 2:1-4 - Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. 3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

V.

Reveal Answer
to Authority

A. Matthew 18:18

VI. Pray for

Reveal Answer

A. Matthew 18:19-20
B. Galatians 5:16-18 - 16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. 18 But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Mos

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