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 Amen. You may be seated.

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 Children, you can be excused to your King's Kids classes.

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 And if you would open up your Bibles

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 to Matthew chapter 18, 15 through 20.

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 It's on page 979 of your Pew Bible.

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 And this is Jesus speaking.

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 Hear the word of the Lord.

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 If your brother sins against you,

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 go and tell him his fault

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 between you and him alone.

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 If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

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 But if he does not listen to you,

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 take one or two others along with you

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 that every charge may be established

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 by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

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 If he refuses to listen to them,

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 tell it to the church.

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 And if he refuses to listen even to the church,

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 let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,

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 and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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 Again I say to you,

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 if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask,

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 it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

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 For where two or three are gathered in my name,

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 there am I among them.

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 May God bless the hearing of his word.

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 Our church has been saved by the blood of Jesus

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 to be holy and blameless unto Jesus.

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 Individually that's personal holiness.

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 Corporately that means relational holiness.

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 How we conduct ourselves with one another.

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 So the question becomes,

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 what do we do

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 when one member of our church

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 sins against another member of our church?

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 What's the plan?

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 This topic is particularly important for us right now

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 in light of a meeting we've got coming up.

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 Last Sunday, Steve Bickle made an announcement.

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 He's the chairman of our elder board,

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 and he announced a special membership meeting

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 next Sunday, February 9th.

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 And that special membership meeting,

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 unless we hear otherwise,

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 we'll be taking a step as a church membership

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 in this process of church discipline.

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 We're going to tell something to the church.

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 We'll inform the church members

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 this is a member-only meeting

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 of a particular situation.

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 We're going to name a name, Lord willing,

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 and call the members of Christ the King Church

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 to act.

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 The reason why we would do something like this

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 is because we love Jesus,

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 and we love His church,

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 and we love members entangled in sin.

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 Maybe you've never heard a sermon

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 on church discipline before.

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 You've never heard those two words before,

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 church discipline.

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 Or maybe you've heard the words church discipline.

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 You know that there's something out there

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 that should be some kind of process,

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 but you've never been a part of something

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 like that before.

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 Or maybe you've witnessed church discipline

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 done poorly.

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 Or maybe you've witnessed church discipline

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 done well.

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 We've been needing to grow as a church

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 in this process that Jesus lays out

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 in Matthew chapter 18,

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 because we need to be a church

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 that does church discipline well

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 in love to restore and help.

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 Because we want to protect

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 the name of Jesus.

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 And we want to preserve the holy health

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 of our membership as a church.

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 And Jesus tells us what to do.

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 In Matthew 18, 15 through 17,

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 in particular,

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 He walks through four stages

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 of church discipline.

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 Step by step.

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 How to love a church member

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 entangled in sin,

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 and what to do if they don't listen.

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 Here's the definition of church discipline

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 from the start.

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 Church discipline is the loving process

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 the loving process

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 appointed by Christ

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 by which Christians seek to restore

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 a fellow church member

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 entangled in sin.

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 Church discipline is the loving process

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 appointed by Christ

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 by which Christians seek to restore

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 a fellow church member

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 entangled in sin.

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 And so in light of next Sunday,

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 the elders wanted me

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 not just to kind of refresh

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 your thinking about church discipline,

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 but to prepare you for action.

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 So here's how we're going to proceed

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 this morning.

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 I want to share with you briefly

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 just some general principles

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 about church discipline.

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 That will be kind of the first move.

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 But then I want to walk through

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 these stages with you,

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 giving attention to stage one

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 and stage three in particular,

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 so that we understand it,

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 so we know how to act.

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 Church discipline is the loving process

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 appointed by Christ

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 by which Christians seek to restore

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 a fellow church member

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 entangled by sin.

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 And so let's just look at briefly

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 some general principles

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 about the process of church discipline.

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 I'm going to rattle off four for you.

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 The first general principle is this.

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 Church discipline

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 is to be normal church practice.

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 It's just to be normal.

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 It's part of our life as a church.

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 Jesus is a realist.

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 And so when he tells us in 1815,

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 if your brother sins against you,

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 he's being realistic.

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 It's going to happen.

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 He knew we would sin against each other,

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 so he tells us what to do

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 when a brother sins against us

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 or a sister sins against us.

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 Now behind this

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 is an understanding

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 of what a church is.

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 A church is a group of Christians

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 in a specific time,

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 specific place,

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 with a specific leadership

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 that they have committed together

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 to follow Jesus.

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 It's a formalized commitment

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 Christians have made

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 to say we're living for Jesus together.

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 And with that comes a responsibility

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 for one another.

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 So every time we have

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 a membership Sunday,

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 the members stand up

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 and they kind of

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 re-communicate their commitment

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 to take these steps together,

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 even submit oneself

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 to church discipline.

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 It's a kind of mutual commitment

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 we're making together.

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 And then what Jesus does here

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 is he authorizes us to act.

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 If you look at verse 18,

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 he says,

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 truly I say to you,

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 whoever you bind on earth

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 shall be bound in heaven

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 and whatever you loose on earth

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 shall be loosed in heaven.

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 Because we have a responsibility

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 with one another,

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 he authorizes us to act.

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 The you,

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 the Y-O-U,

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 in verse 18

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 is not a singular you,

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 but a plural you,

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 a y'all.

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 He's speaking to the church.

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 He's authorizing the church

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 to take steps

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 to help a brother or sister

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 entangled in sin.

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 And what Jesus is doing here

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 is he's just normalizing something.

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 This week,

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 Kelly is going to send out

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 on Tuesday in her email,

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 there'll be a link in the email

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 to an article by Colin Hansen

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 and Jonathan Lehman

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 on the nature of church membership.

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 I would really encourage you

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 to take a look at that.

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 So the first principle is

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 church process is normal.

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 This church discipline,

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 it's to be normal.

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 We're dealing with sin in our lives.

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 Second,

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 church discipline

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 is a sanctifying process.

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 The goal is holiness.

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 You see in verse 15,

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 if your brother sins against you,

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 go tell him his fault.

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 But the goal is restoration.

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 The goal is sharing

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 in God's holiness

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 to rescue a brother

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 from their sin

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 and then to restore

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 that sinning sister

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 back to a fellowship

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 with God

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 and one another.

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 It's shalom.

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 It's peace.

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 It's holy peace.

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 Christians are simultaneously

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 justified and sinful.

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 We have been saved,

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 justified,

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 and we're being saved

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 in the sense

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 we're being sanctified,

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 and so we're not

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 a sin-free community.

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 And so we're going to need

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 to be dealing with sin

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 so that we would be

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 experientially more and more

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 holy and blameless

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 unto Jesus.

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 Hebrews chapter 12

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 talks about

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 we have a God,

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 a Father,

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 who out of love for us

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 will discipline us

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 so that we would share

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 in His holiness,

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 and that would happen together.

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 This is a sanctifying process.

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 Both personal holiness

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 and corporate holiness.

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 It's a loving process

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 to make us holy.

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 Sanctifying.

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 The third general principle

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 is that this is

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 an intensifying process.

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 These four stages,

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 as we walk through them,

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 I just want to tell you right now,

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 each one is going to intensify.

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 Jesus wants there to be

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 this increasing public nature

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 to each stage

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 of church discipline.

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 And the reason for that

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 is to bring a brother or sister

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 who's in sin

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 to bring them to their senses,

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 to help them see

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 the seriousness of their sin.

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 We don't do these things

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 to humiliate people.

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 We're doing these things

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 to call them back to Jesus.

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 This intensification

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 is to get people's attention

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 in stage three

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 where you tell it to the church.

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 That's where the church membership

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 is made aware.

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 Remember that this is

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 a loving process

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 Jesus has given

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 to seek to restore

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 church members

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 entangled in their sin.

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 It's a loving process,

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 which is the fourth principle.

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 This is a loving process.

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 Church discipline

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 is a loving process.

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 It's out of love for Jesus.

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 Jesus,

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 we want to honor Him.

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 We want to obey Him.

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 It's out of love

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 for His church,

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 His bride,

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 that He purchased

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 with His own blood

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 to make holy.

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 This is us loving

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 Jesus' people.

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 This is us loving

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 brothers and sisters

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 entangled in their sin.

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 Not this week,

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 but the week before

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 in our life group,

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 a brother asked,

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 what is this love

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 that we're talking about

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 in Ephesians 4?

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 Christian love

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 is a commitment

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 to do what's best

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 for another Christian

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 for the glory of Jesus.

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 We will exercise

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 our commitment

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 to one another

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 so that Christ

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 is magnified

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 in each other's lives.

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 That's how we love

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 one another.

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 That's Christian love.

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 I want to just point you

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 to a passage.

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 You see in Matthew 18 here,

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 in 15 through 20,

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 we have this process

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 of church discipline.

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 If you just look up

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 at the passage beforehand,

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 it starts in verse 10

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 through 14.

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 It's the parable

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 of the lost sheep.

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 It's this parable

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 of the shepherd

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 who leaves the 99

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 to go get the one,

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 the sheep that's astray.

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 Isn't it interesting

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 that after Jesus

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 speaks this parable,

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 He then talks

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 about church discipline?

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 You can't help

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 but make the connection.

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 Our good shepherd church

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 is going to use us

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 in order to go after

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 straying sheep

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 out of love for them,

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 to bring them back

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 to the fold.

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 These general principles,

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 let me just reiterate them.

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 Church discipline

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 is normal church process.

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 We are sinners.

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 We will sin against each other.

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 We need to be taking

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 these steps.

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 It's a sanctifying process.

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 The goal is to share

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 in God's holiness.

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 It's an intensifying process.

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 It's not necessarily comfortable,

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 but it's for other people's good,

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 and it's loving.

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 This is an act of love

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 to seek to bring people back,

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 rescue them from sin,

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 and restore fellowship

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 with God and others.

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 So with those in mind,

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 let's turn now

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 to the actual stages

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 of church discipline.

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 It starts with stage one

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 in verse 15.

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 If your brother sins against you,

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 go and tell him his fault

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 between you and him alone.

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 If your brother sins against you,

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 that's the beginning

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 of the early stages

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 of church discipline.

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 It's more common

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 than we think.

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 It's to be more normal

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 than we think.

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 Now, if you're wondering,

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 in Matthew 5, 23, and 24,

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 Jesus addresses the one

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 who's done the sinning.

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 He says,

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 if you're on your way

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 to the altar

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 and you remember,

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 you've caused an offense

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 with your brother.

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 If you've sinned against them,

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 stop what you're doing.

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 Go to them.

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 Make peace with them.

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 But here, in 15,

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 Jesus is addressing

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 not the one

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 who did the sinning,

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 but the one

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 who's been sinned against.

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 If you,

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 if your brother

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 has sinned against you,

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 he says, do this.

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 He says, go and show

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 him his fault.

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 You're not to wait

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 for him or her

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 to come to you.

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 You are to initiate

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 the conversation.

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 Now, you may wonder why.

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 I believe it's

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 to not to allow sin

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 to fester,

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 to not to give the devil

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 an opportunity

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 to keep short accounts.

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 You know, I'm not sure

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 if you've experienced

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 this yourself.

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 I'm guessing you have.

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 when sinners are

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 sinned against,

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 we tend to sin back.

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 But Jesus here

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 is saying this.

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 If your brother

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 sins against you,

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 don't sin back.

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 Love back.

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 Go and show him

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 his fault.

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 Instead of sinning back,

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 we love back.

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 It's the way

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 of the kingdom.

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 freedom.

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 It's the way

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 of Jesus.

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 And now you may

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 be thinking,

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 oh, how do you

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 do that?

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 Because that

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 sounds extraordinary.

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 The way that we

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 do that is by

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 laying hold

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 of our Jesus,

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 by abiding

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 in him,

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 by saying,

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 Jesus,

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 you are the

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 controlling center

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 of my life.

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 You're the

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 treasured center

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 of my life.

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 And I'm going

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 to live for you

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 even in a situation

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 like this.

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 I mean,

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 Jesus went

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 to the tomb

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 dead,

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 and he came

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 out of the tomb

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 alive so that

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 he would become

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 the controlling

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 center of our

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 lives,

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 that we would

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 treasure him

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 above all else,

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 that we would

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 obey him in all

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 that he commands,

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 even Matthew 18,

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 that we would

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 magnify him

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 among all people,

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 even among each

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 other,

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 and that we would

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 belong to Jesus

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 with the whole

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 church,

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 even those who

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 sin against us.

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 The way we go

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 about doing this

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 is not trusting

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 in our own power

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 and wisdom,

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 it's trusting

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 in Jesus.

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 It's tethering

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 ourselves to

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 Jesus.

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 If Jesus was

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 like an O2

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 tank, it's like

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 starting to breathe

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 in Jesus' air,

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 the rich grace

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 that comes from

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 depending on

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 Jesus.

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 Now, there's two

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 mistakes that we

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 tend to make

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 when it comes to

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 being sinned

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 against.

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 Mistake number

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 one is the one

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 I'm prone to,

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 and that's to

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 avoid it.

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 You don't want

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 to deal with it.

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 And what we're

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 talking about here,

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 when Jesus is the

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 controlling center

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 of your life,

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 he must compel

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 you to,

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 to do what's

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 pleasing to him,

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 to obey him.

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 The other mistake

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 is more of an

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 inner Pharisee

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 mistake.

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 That's when you've

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 been wronged,

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 and you pull out

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 both guns blazing,

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 and you go after

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 somebody.

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 both are not

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 pleasing to the

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 Lord.

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 And here's how

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 we can kind of

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 temper our hearts

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 when sinned

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 against.

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 Remember Matthew

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 7, 1 through 5?

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 Remember what Jesus

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 says there in the

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 Sermon on the

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 Mount?

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 He says,

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 before you try to

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 take the speck out

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 of your brother's

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 eye, would you

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 please take the

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 log out of your

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 own eye?

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 Before you go,

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 when you're

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 sinned against,

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 before you go to

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 someone, do the

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 heart work first

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 of self-examination

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 of, say, hey,

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 is there a log in

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 my own eye?

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 Here's what that'll

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 do.

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 It'll tenderize you.

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 It'll tenderize you

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 to this brother who

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 has sinned against

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 you, because it'll

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 make you remember,

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 oh, they're not the

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 only sinner in the

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.299
 room.

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 They're not the

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 only one who is in

00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:47.099
 desperate, habitual

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 need of God's grace,

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 for so am I.

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 And what'll also

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:57.000
 help is make you

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 realize that, yes,

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 this brother may

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 have sinned against

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.940
 you, this sister may

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 have sinned against

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 you, but they've

00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:05.079
 also sinned against

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.380
 God.

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 They've grieved

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 him.

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 Jesus must be the

00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.880
 controlling center of

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.960
 our lives before we

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 go and tell our

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 brother or sister of

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 their fault.

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 fault.

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 Now, you may be

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 asking the question,

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 the weeds question,

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 well, how do you do

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 that?

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 What does that look

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 like?

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 Well, it starts with a

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 phone call.

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 You say, hey, so-and-so,

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 can we talk face-to-face

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.680
 sometime soon?

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 We have something

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 serious to talk about.

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 Just be honest.

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 And then when you get

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 with them, it's just

00:19:41.659 --> 00:19:42.539
 between you and him

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 alone, you say

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 something like, you

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 know what?

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.919
 Thank you for getting

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 together.

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 I love you.

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 But I want you to

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 know that when you

00:19:50.659 --> 00:19:51.959
 did this or did that

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 or didn't do this,

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 according to this

00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.899
 passage right here in

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 the Bible, I think

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 you sinned against

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 God and me.

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 And I just wanted to

00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:05.399
 get together with you

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:06.039
 to tell you that.

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:09.859
 At that moment, you've

00:20:09.859 --> 00:20:10.599
 been faithful to

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:10.859
 Jesus.

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.979
 You've done what he

00:20:13.979 --> 00:20:15.000
 has called you to.

00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:17.299
 You're not responsible

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:18.619
 for your brother's

00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:19.339
 response at that

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 point.

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 You've been faithful

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 to him.

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 Did you notice it's

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 between you and him

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 alone?

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 This first stage is the

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 most informal and

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 private stage of church

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 discipline.

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 If you imagine the

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 circle of people who

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 are involved, it's the

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 smallest.

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 It's you and the one

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 who sinned against you.

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 You.

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 Now, stepping into

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 this may be

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 uncomfortable for many

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 of us.

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 Let's say there's

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 something in your mind

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 right now, but you

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 don't know what to do.

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 I would say reach out

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 to one of the elders.

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 You don't need to name

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 names, but you can be

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 able to say, hey, this

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 is a new step for me.

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 Am I doing this right?

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 And whether it's an

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 elder or a mature

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 Christian, a life group

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 leader, they then can

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 help you, pray for you.

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 Before moving on, I

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 just want to say this.

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 Just take the moment.

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 Has the Spirit of God

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 put someone on your

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 mind that you need to

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 get right with?

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 That you've either

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 sinned against or they've

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 sinned against you?

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 Don't wait.

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 For them to take a

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 step.

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 You've got precedent,

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 both for Matthew 5 and

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 Matthew 18 to initiate.

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 You've been authorized.

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 This is loving Jesus

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 and loving one another.

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 Now, in verse 15,

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 Jesus points to one

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 response.

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 If he listens to you,

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 you have gained your

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 brother.

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 If he listens to you,

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 what that means is this.

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 They're like, you're

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 right.

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 I did sin against you.

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 Will you please

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 forgive me?

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 That was grievous in

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 God's sight.

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 And at that moment,

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 you've been part of what

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 God is doing in rescuing a

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 brother from sin and

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 restoring him to

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 fellowship with God and

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 others.

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 Process is then done.

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 But what happens if he

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 doesn't listen?

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 That's where we move to

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 verse 16 in stage 2.

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 But if he does not listen,

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 take one or two others

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 along with you that every

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 charge may be established

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 by the evidence or two or

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 three witnesses.

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 I'm just going to quickly

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 move through this so we can

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 get to stage 3.

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 This is the step where the

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 circle of people involved

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 goes from two people now to

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 three or four people.

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 So this is an intensifying

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 process.

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 More people are being brought

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 into the situation.

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 More people are aware of it.

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 Now you might be asking,

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 who are these witnesses?

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 Well, it's a reference back

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 to Deuteronomy 19.15 where

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 every charge is to be

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 established by one or two

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 other witnesses.

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 And what they're witnessing

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 is not the original sin,

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 but they're witnessing this

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 brother who's been sinned

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 against, sister who's been

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 sinned against, going back to

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 the brother or sister that

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 sinned against them and

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 taking this step.

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 They're witnessing the

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 charge made.

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 And so if you've been

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 sinned against, you go to

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 your brother, he doesn't

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 listen to you.

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 At that point, you bring one

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 or two other mature

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 Christians in, preferably

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 who know the person who

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 sinned against you, and you

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 bring them and you make the

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 same case.

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 But now it's being witnessed

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 by one or two other people.

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 It's intensifying.

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 It's verifying it.

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 It's validating it.

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 It's establishing that this

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 has actually taken place.

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 And so if you find yourself

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 in that situation, it would

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 be like you saying something,

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 what do you say?

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 You'd be like, thank you for

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 getting together again.

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 I love you.

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 And because you didn't listen

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 to me the first time we met,

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 that's why I brought so forth

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 and so and so.

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 When you did this, or said

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 that, or didn't do this,

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 according to God's word,

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 I think you have sinned

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 against God and me.

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 And we've come to tell you

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 that.

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 And at that point, you've been

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 faithful to Jesus in stage

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 two, bringing one or two

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 witnesses with you.

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 You've been authorized to do this.

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 You don't need elder

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 approval to do this.

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 Jesus is telling us to do this.

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 Practically speaking, I would

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 encourage you to, if you find

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 yourself in this situation,

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 choose one or two mature

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 Christians to go with you.

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 Ideally, that know the person

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 who sinned against you.

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 It reduces the embarrassment.

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 And another note is when you

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 reach out to these one or two

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 people, you will need to explain

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 what's happening.

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 You will need to explain to them

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 the nature of the meeting that

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 you're bringing them to be a part

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 of.

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 One of the benefits is that these

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 one or two people, they will

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 observe you in the meeting as

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 well.

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 To help you.

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 So, Jesus doesn't say it, but if

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 your brother hears you at this

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 point, you've gained your brother.

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 You've gained your sister.

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 They're taking responsibility for

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 their sin.

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 They've asked you and God for

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 forgiveness.

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 And now what we're talking about is a

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 restoration of peace.

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 Shalom.

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 But what happens if he or she

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 doesn't listen to stage two, stage

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 three?

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 And we see that at the beginning

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 of verse 17.

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 If he refuses to listen to them,

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 you and the one or two witnesses,

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 tell it to the church.

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 It's this one sentence in verse 17

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 that represents the step of bringing

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 into a whole membership, into an

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 awareness of a situation.

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 Now, you may be saying, well, that

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 seems a little excessive.

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 I just want to remind you, this is

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 intensifying.

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 This is a way we love someone who is

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 demonstrating a arching.

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 And not listening.

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 This is a way that Jesus has

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 prescribed to bring all of a church

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 membership into a process out of love

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 for a member entangled in sin.

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 And so now the circle of people

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 involved, it expands to include a

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 membership of a church.

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 It's a little bit more formal because

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 now you have to have a church meeting

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 like ours next week.

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 You've got to make people aware.

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 It intensifies things.

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 And that intensity is actually good.

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 It's Jesus prescribed.

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 To raise the seriousness of sin.

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 In verse 17, we read,

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 if he refuses to listen to them,

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 tell it to the church.

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 The it is the fault, the sin.

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 It's the people, the person involved.

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 You're going to name a name.

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 You're going to explain a situation

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 sufficiently, honoring privacy.

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 Lastly, we don't want to air laundry

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 unnecessarily.

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 But enough for a membership

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 to become aware of a situation.

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 And so this tell it to the church

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 is in one sense an informational meeting.

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 We just want to let you know

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 what's going on here

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 with one of our members

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 and how serious this is.

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 But it's also a call to action.

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 What this stage is

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 is a rallying of the membership

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.980
 of a church,

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 not just to be informed,

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 but to act.

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 To be used by our good shepherd

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 to bring back a straying church member.

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 We're getting all hands on deck

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 in one sense.

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 Here's what this is going to look like.

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 The question that we need

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 to be asking is this.

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 When we enter a stage

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 like this together,

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 we're asking the question,

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 what is the most loving thing

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 we can do

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 for our brother or sister

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 entangled in sin?

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 What is the most loving thing

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 that we can do?

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 And so when we make the church aware,

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:08.319
 the members of our church aware

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 of a specific situation,

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 first and foremost,

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 it is a call to prayer.

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 A call to pray for this person

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 who's entangled by sin.

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 To ask God to move by His Spirit

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 to bring about repentance,

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 full repentance,

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 full ownership

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 of a wrong or wrong's done.

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 To take these things to heart.

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 To call for fasting

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 and praying on behalf

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 of this brother or sister

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 entangled in sin

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 because we love Jesus

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 and we love them

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 and we don't want them to stray.

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 We want to give them

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 every opportunity to come back.

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 Baby, come back!

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 So this step we'll take

00:29:54.080 --> 00:29:55.740
 is a call to prayer

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 for a particular person

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 and particular name.

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 But this is also going to be

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.019
 a call to act

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 for our members

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 and the members

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 who particularly,

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 who know this person,

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 who have a relationship

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 with them.

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 It's a call to act.

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 To not avoid it,

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 not to ignore it.

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 Shoot them a text,

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 shoot her an email,

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 leave a voice message,

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 say,

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 hey, we had this church meeting.

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 I was brought,

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 made aware of what's going on.

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.500
 I am praying for you

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.599
 and that God,

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.779
 you would humble yourself

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:32.380
 and turn back to the Lord

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.180
 and be restored.

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.839
 I love you.

00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:37.200
 I don't want you straying.

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.980
 Could you imagine a church

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:43.160
 that loves a straying sheep

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.880
 that way?

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:46.360
 Not looking to shame them

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:47.259
 to shame them,

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.900
 but to call them back

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:52.180
 to shalom.

00:30:54.320 --> 00:30:55.780
 And as for those members

00:30:55.780 --> 00:30:58.580
 who don't know this person,

00:30:58.820 --> 00:30:59.720
 don't have a relationship

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.160
 with them,

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.280
 but are aware of them,

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.600
 know of them,

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:04.759
 this informs what happens

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:06.860
 when you bump into this person

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:08.000
 at Woodman's

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:09.360
 or Festival

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:10.860
 or Chick-fil-A.

00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:14.140
 You don't talk about the Packers.

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.259
 perhaps,

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:17.740
 you say something like this.

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.420
 I'm glad to see you.

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.300
 I just want to let you know

00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:24.220
 that I'm praying for you.

00:31:26.520 --> 00:31:27.940
 That the members of

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.000
 Christ the King Church

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.740
 are praying for you.

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.220
 That you would,

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.800
 that you would turn

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:34.580
 from your refusal

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:37.180
 and that you would

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.860
 humble yourself

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.740
 and turn to the Lord

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:40.060
 and seek peace.

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.820
 Would you please talk

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:41.340
 to the elders?

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.500
 elders.

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.139
 Speaking the truth

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.699
 in love.

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.579
 Not all speaking

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.459
 the truth in love

00:31:48.459 --> 00:31:50.459
 shows up as church discipline,

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:52.279
 but all church discipline,

00:31:52.459 --> 00:31:53.399
 every word of it

00:31:53.399 --> 00:31:54.919
 is speaking the truth

00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:55.259
 in love.

00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:00.720
 These are some practical steps

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.500
 we're going to be taking

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:03.439
 if we get to this point

00:32:03.439 --> 00:32:04.220
 next Sunday.

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.519
 And I just want to make sure

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.119
 you understand

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.559
 and you're hearing

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.279
 loud and clear,

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.740
 this is out of love.

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:13.399
 for a brother

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:13.919
 or sister

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.839
 who is entangled

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.480
 in their sin.

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.259
 But what happens

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.599
 if they,

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:19.919
 what happens

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.519
 if they don't listen?

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.519
 If they listen,

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.759
 we've gained our brother

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.259
 or sister.

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.119
 We rejoice,

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.599
 but if,

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.000
 if they don't listen,

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.500
 then what?

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.639
 That's the second,

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:33.980
 second sentence

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.919
 of verse 17.

00:32:36.459 --> 00:32:37.259
 Stage four,

00:32:38.179 --> 00:32:38.919
 and if he refuses

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.779
 to listen even

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.440
 to the church,

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.880
 if he refuses,

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:44.060
 if she refuses

00:32:44.060 --> 00:32:45.120
 to listen even

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.880
 to the church.

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:49.180
 I forgot to mention

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:50.240
 that process,

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.680
 that time frame

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.259
 when the church

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.060
 is brought in

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:55.200
 and we want to give

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.420
 that sufficient time,

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.740
 right,

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:58.620
 for God to use

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.980
 his church

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.519
 to have these conversations

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.440
 and to be praying.

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:04.480
 so we don't necessarily

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:06.140
 have a time frame

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.539
 on it.

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.660
 It's not going

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.539
 to be 72 hours.

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:08.960
 It's not going

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.539
 to be two years.

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.019
 We want to give it

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.960
 sufficient time

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.860
 for God to work.

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.680
 But if,

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.360
 but if this,

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.600
 if this member

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:17.880
 doesn't listen,

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.640
 doesn't even listen

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.519
 to the church,

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:23.340
 what then?

00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.059
 Well,

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.580
 let me just,

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.860
 let me just help you

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.700
 see the pattern.

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:30.200
 in verse 16,

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.620
 what if he does

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.160
 not listen?

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.319
 First sentence

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.120
 of verse 17,

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.120
 if he refuses

00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:36.720
 to listen.

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.940
 Second sentence

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:39.140
 of verse 17,

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.100
 and if he refuses

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:41.160
 to listen even

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:41.720
 to the church.

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:43.080
 There is this pattern

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:43.900
 of refusal.

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:46.059
 It's unrepentance.

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.460
 It's,

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.160
 it's an arching

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.819
 of the back.

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.400
 It's saying,

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:50.000
 I will not

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.039
 do that.

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.960
 And it's,

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.600
 it's made evident

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:56.440
 in actions,

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.140
 not so much

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.660
 in words.

00:33:57.700 --> 00:34:03.559
 A straying sheep

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.680
 who is refusing

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.460
 to be brought

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.740
 back to the fold.

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:10.099
 Are they a sheep?

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.179
 If we reach

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.760
 that point,

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:16.159
 Jesus is very clear

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.119
 that the members

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.880
 of Christ the King

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:19.159
 Church are to

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:20.720
 recategorize

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:21.480
 how we think

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.460
 about this person.

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:26.019
 Did you notice this?

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:28.119
 In verse 15,

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:30.780
 if your brother

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:32.559
 sins against you.

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.579
 And at the end

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.519
 of verse 17,

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.420
 let him be to you

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.659
 as a Gentile

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:39.019
 and tax collector.

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:40.079
 How about that

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:41.059
 for intensification?

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.639
 You treat him first

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.880
 as a brother in Christ

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.659
 and then you're going

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.159
 to treat them

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.880
 as a Gentile

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.719
 or tax collector.

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:50.199
 In Jesus' day,

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.079
 what that meant

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.800
 are those people

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:52.599
 who are deliberately

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.219
 in sin.

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.380
 They're hardened

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.639
 in their sinning.

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.420
 They're refusing

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.139
 to change.

00:34:59.279 --> 00:35:00.119
 I think Jesus

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.839
 is speaking of

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.179
 treat them

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.839
 as a non-Christian.

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:03.599
 Treat them

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:03.980
 as someone

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:05.380
 who has not

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.039
 experienced

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.980
 the transformational

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.799
 grace of Jesus

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:09.659
 that they're not

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:11.000
 alive in Christ.

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.079
 Christ.

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.940
 And what we've

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.699
 seen here

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.480
 is the evidence

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.920
 of that.

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.579
 This is Jesus

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.559
 helping us see.

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:21.099
 Now what this means,

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:22.199
 what this step is,

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.239
 when we think

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:24.320
 of them this way,

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:26.340
 this is technically

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.920
 what we call

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:28.280
 removal from membership.

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.059
 It's an act

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.559
 of discipline

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.199
 where we're saying,

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.360
 no,

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.980
 they're no longer

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:33.119
 a part of our church

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:34.039
 because they're no longer

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.820
 seen as a Christian.

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:36.559
 It also involves

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.239
 a step of

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.559
 excommunication

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.699
 and what I understand

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.259
 that to mean

00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:41.880
 is they are no longer

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:43.239
 allowed to the Lord's table.

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.059
 That's the reference

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.559
 when I was doing

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.400
 the communion meditation.

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:46.659
 It's got implications

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.759
 to that table

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:50.199
 of our participating

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:51.639
 together

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.679
 in what Christ

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.599
 has done for us.

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:57.460
 It's terribly serious.

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:04.619
 But this brings closure

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.980
 for us as a church.

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.019
 church.

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.719
 We've taken the steps.

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:10.360
 We've made the appeals.

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.780
 We've brought in the church.

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.760
 We've given it time.

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.420
 And now,

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.480
 the Lord Jesus

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:18.320
 is giving us release.

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.679
 Treat them now

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.440
 as a non-Christian.

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.920
 And this may raise

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.539
 a couple questions

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.000
 for you.

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.920
 Could this person

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:29.619
 who's been removed

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.240
 from membership

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:31.719
 excommunicated

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.579
 from the Lord's Supper,

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.860
 can they come

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.579
 to a service

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:36.180
 on a Sunday?

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.220
 And the answer

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.760
 to that is,

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.180
 well,

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.620
 unless there's

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:42.240
 a legal reason

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.740
 why not

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.860
 or a safety reason

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.380
 why not,

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.680
 then yeah,

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.740
 we would welcome them

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:48.420
 as a non-Christian.

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.940
 Praying

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.900
 that they would

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.940
 hear the gospel

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:56.559
 and repent

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.220
 and believe.

00:36:58.720 --> 00:37:00.340
 Take full responsibility

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:01.260
 for what is done.

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:07.039
 Another question

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:08.160
 that may come up

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:08.500
 is this,

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:08.740
 well,

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.400
 wait,

00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:11.320
 at that moment

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:12.180
 in stage four

00:37:12.180 --> 00:37:13.260
 when you remove

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.800
 them from membership,

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.800
 did they just

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.700
 lose their salvation?

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.720
 Now,

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.280
 this is

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:23.559
 not an easy thing

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.039
 to navigate.

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:27.599
 I do think

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.139
 there's this

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:29.219
 ever so slight

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.840
 possibility

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:31.380
 that an actual

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.960
 spirit-indwelt

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:33.519
 Christian

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.460
 could walk

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.320
 through something

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.199
 like this,

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.480
 but I think

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.880
 it would be

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.920
 incredibly rare.

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:42.840
 Incredibly rare.

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.259
 In fact,

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.239
 Jesus says,

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:46.079
 treat them

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.460
 as if they're

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:46.940
 a non-Christian.

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.559
 So I think

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.559
 the better explanation

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.219
 in terms of

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.679
 did they lose

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.320
 their salvation

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.880
 would be

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.579
 kind of thinking

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.079
 in terms of

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.840
 Matthew 24,

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.440
 13?

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.700
 The one who

00:37:56.700 --> 00:37:58.039
 endures to the end

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.840
 will be saved.

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:01.320
 The book of Hebrews

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:02.800
 will make a claim

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.860
 that a saving faith

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:05.760
 is a persevering faith.

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:08.079
 So if someone

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.920
 falls away,

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:11.260
 likely they were

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.740
 never saved

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.260
 to begin with.

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:18.260
 This is the practice

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:19.260
 Jesus outlines

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:20.260
 for church discipline.

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:21.980
 four stages

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:25.000
 and after the service

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.960
 next Sunday

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.980
 we'll be stepping

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:28.000
 into stage three

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:29.600
 where we tell

00:38:29.600 --> 00:38:30.040
 the church.

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:31.900
 Inform the church

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.420
 of the person

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:32.860
 involved,

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.660
 the situation,

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:35.460
 and call the church

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.940
 to act

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:38.100
 out of love

00:38:38.100 --> 00:38:38.940
 for him.

00:38:41.180 --> 00:38:41.940
 Church discipline

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.920
 is the process,

00:38:43.160 --> 00:38:44.160
 the loving process,

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:45.580
 the loving process.

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.800
 Appointed by Jesus

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 himself,

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 by which Christians

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 seek to restore

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 fellow church members

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 entangled in sin.

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 It's a normal process.

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 This is responsibility

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 for one another.

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 We've been authorized

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 to do this.

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 This is a sanctifying process

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 that more and more people

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 would share in God's holiness

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 because that is good.

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 It is an intensifying process.

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 It becomes more and more public

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 as a brother or sister

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 refuses to listen.

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 That's not on us.

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 It's them.

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 It's a loving process.

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 Love for Jesus,

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 love for his church,

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 love for members

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 entangled in sin

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 who need to be rescued

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 and restored.

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 Think about it this way.

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 If you had a brother

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 or sister entangled

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 in sin

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 and you did nothing,

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 is that loving them?

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 It's not loving them.

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 This process

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 is a loving process

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 to track down

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 and bring back

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 straying sheep.

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 would you pray with me?

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 Lord Jesus,

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 we're thankful

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 for this passage

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 you've given us.

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 It's weighty.

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 It's serious.

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 It's important.

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 It's messy.

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 We don't do it perfectly.

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 We make mistakes.

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 Oh, but Lord,

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 we want to please you.

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 We want to guard your name

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 among the nations

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 and we want to preserve

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 the health of your people.

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 So, Father,

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 would you pour out

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 your spirit upon us

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 that as we walk

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 through these situations

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 together,

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 whether this Sunday

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 or down the line,

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 God, would you by your spirit

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 make us together

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 courageous,

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 gentle,

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 restore a brother

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 caught in a trespass

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 and a spirit

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 of gentleness,

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 loving,

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 faithful.

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 And we pray

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 for our brother

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 that, God,

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 you would grant him

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 repentance

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 and full restoration.

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 We pray this

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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