What did Jesus say at Matthew 18:15? Did he not say remove the person? Yes, yes he did. Then Nancy is wrong. Or not! I think I'm not wrong.
The command of Jesus is love your neighbor as yourself. The "congregation" are all the people who have presented themselves to do the will of the Heavenly Father (who is ALWAYS for love). So in the scripture of Matthew 18:15 Jesus means the congregation for doing the will of the Father. So now you have two who at at odds in the body for the doing of God's will. Whose fault is it? The offended one is the first one at fault so he must go to the perceived offender to set things strait. Likely, if obeyed as ordered, the perceived offender will say what a dunce I am, I am sorry, I did not know I had offended you, thanks for the heads up! Then they go have anice glass of wine beer or a cup of tea together. Maybe it won't work that way. So now they are equal in offence/defense so now they need someone to mediate. Now take along one (if it looks like it won't turn to fighting) of two (if it does), then repeat as before. He did, no I didn't yes you did..... If the four of them can't get to the truth, then they are to go before the body of believers for the doing the will of God. Now it becomes interesting because pronouns are not so clear in the ancient language. If there is no listening to the congregation which is for peace, unity and doing the will of God, then the person becomes like a man of the nations and oh by the way, like a tax collector (give it to me, no matter what).
The following words prove to me that either party can be outed because it has been determined that he, or they are determining that their personal vendetta is more important than the goal of the congregation which is the doing of God's will for peace. Matthew 18:18 says how many things you may bind on earth...so it really can, and should, be both of them who are fighting about being wronged, or not. Because the goal is of the congregation is unity for purpose, not unity of thought.
The command of Jesus is love your neighbor as yourself. The "congregation" are all the people who have presented themselves to do the will of the Heavenly Father (who is ALWAYS for love). So in the scripture of Matthew 18:15 Jesus means the congregation for doing the will of the Father. So now you have two who at at odds in the body for the doing of God's will. Whose fault is it? The offended one is the first one at fault so he must go to the perceived offender to set things strait. Likely, if obeyed as ordered, the perceived offender will say what a dunce I am, I am sorry, I did not know I had offended you, thanks for the heads up! Then they go have a
The following words prove to me that either party can be outed because it has been determined that he, or they are determining that their personal vendetta is more important than the goal of the congregation which is the doing of God's will for peace. Matthew 18:18 says how many things you may bind on earth...so it really can, and should, be both of them who are fighting about being wronged, or not. Because the goal is of the congregation is unity for purpose, not unity of thought.
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