So far in this series we’ve seen that Jesus’ guidance for what to do if someone sins against you includes three steps: Step 1: Go and privately point out the fault to the wrongdoer.If Step 1 is successful, you have won back the offender.If Step 1 is not successful and the offender won’t listen to…

In my last post I examined step two of Jesus’ guidance for what to do if someone sins against you. Let me review what we’ve seen so far: Step 1: Go and privately point out the fault to the wrongdoer.If Step 1 is successful, you have won back the offender.If Step 1 is not successful…

Yesterday, I began to consider what we should do when we privately confront someone who sinned against us but that person simply won’t listen. Though we might want to let things drop at this point, Jesus says we’re not done. Here is his specific instruction: “But if you are not listened to, take one or…

So far in this series I’ve examined the beginning of Jesus’ instructions on what to do if someone sins against you. Step one, you may recall, was to go to the person and tell him or her the fault in the hope of reconciliation. Today we move on to step two. Once again here’s the…

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