PRESERVING UNITY & HOLINESS
1Pet. 1:16, Matt. 18:15-17
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John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
The New Testament teaches how this love can be;
Rom. 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (1 Pet. 4:8)
I Cor. 13-This kind of love is patient- Charity suffereth long (patience, no retaliation when provoked), and is kind (action)
-This kind of love is deferential- seeketh not her own (not selfish, doesn’t insist on having its own way),
-This kind of love is composed when pushed- is not easily provoked (into anger or bitterness),
-This kind of love doesn’t keep a record-thinketh no evil (accounting term, doesn’t keep account of wrongs)
-This kind of love chooses to
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Matthew 5:23-24 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Matthew 18:15 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.
a. Who do you tell?
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-to clear things up. Gal. 6:1
-to confirm the problem.
-Matthew 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. (I Cor. 5. 1 Timothy 5:20)
Consider the context of Matt. 18. It is a chapter on the childlikeness of the believer.
1. we enter the kingdom like little children (3-4).
2. we go through life protected like a little child (6)
3. we must be cared for like a little child (10-14).
4. we must be disciplined like a little child (15-20).
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