What do you do, when your brother/friend/neighbor offends you or does something that is not good????
Most of us either keep quiet and go say it to someone else,,keep quiet and start hating the individual,,or we decide to shut em out of our lives!!!
Well here is what the Bible teaches us how to go about it when we face a situation like that!!!
“‘If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone’” (Matt. 18:15, NKJV).
As the number of people involved in a conflict between two individuals increases, the more contention is created. People take sides, and the battle lines are drawn. But when Christians attempt to settle their differences privately, and in the spirit of Christian love and mutual understanding, a climate of reconciliation is created. The atmosphere is right for the Holy Spirit to work with them as they strive to resolve their differences.
There are times when personal appeals for conflict resolution are ineffective. In these instances Jesus invites us to take one or two others with us. This second step in the reconciliation process must always follow the first step. The purpose is to bring people together, not drive them further apart. The one or two who join the offended party are not coming to prove his/her point or to join in blaming the other individual. They come in Christian love and compassion as counselors and prayer partners in order to participate in the process of bringing two estranged people together.
Christ’s purpose is reconciliation. It is not to blame one party and exonerate the other.
A PIECE OF ADVICE FROM THE BOOK "GOSPEL WORKERS P.499"
“Do not suffer resentment to ripen into malice. Do not allow the wound to fester and break out in poisoned words, which taint the minds of those who hear. Do not allow bitter thoughts to continue to fill your mind and his. Go to your brother, and in humility and sincerity talk with him about the matter.”-Ellen G. White,
It is so important to live in harmony with others, it feels good when people are able to come to you and tell your faults rather than facing other people to tell em about you...
Read more of this on http://ssnet.org/lessons/13c/less12.html...
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