If My Brother Sin…The Potent Medicine Of Matthew 18 (6)
Barry Gritters provides a detailed exegetical and pastoral treatment of Matthew 18:15-17, focusing on the proper implementation of church discipline and the role of both individual believers and church elders in addressing sin. This article clarifies what Jesus means by "tell the church" and emphasizes the believer's responsibility in the first stages of loving admonition before the matter reaches the consistory for formal discipline.
Previous article in this series: March 2025, p. 214. Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and...
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