Yesterday I shared something God put on my heart. Mostly from I John 4. LOVE. Loving with God’s kind of love is the key to abundant life. If we say we love God but do not love our brother, we really don’t love God. If we live in His love others will see what His love is all about.
Jesus said people would know we are His disciples by how we LOVE ONE ANOTHER and how we LIVE HIS TEACHINGS. That brings me to Matthew 18 this morning. Jesus Himself said in verse 15, “If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you.” Where I come from, that means ONE ON ONE. Jesus said “if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that every matter may be established by the testimony of two of three witnesses.” WOW, did Jesus know what we needed to hear, or WHAT???
To me, this translates to “if you have a problem with someone, you go to them. Try to settle it with them.” I wish we did that more. Instead, we like to spread our dirty laundry, to attempt to garner people to “our side” of the fight. When we do this, we damage the Kingdom of God, each other, and the reputation of the local church. And we all have a responsibility NOT TO DO THIS and NOT TO ALLOW IT TO GO ON.
Because, when we do things like this, we hurt people in ways we cannot even imagine. What good is love if we don’t do it?
The Random Thinker 
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