If men would accept the fact of their dependence on God, a new strength and a new peace would enter their lives. rev2023.3.3.43278. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. [1] For a fuller treatment of this topic see: The Rescue of Matthew 18 available at Amazon.com in softcover and Kindle format. Matthew 18:15-20 The New King James Version (NKJV) 15 "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. Jesus proceeded to explain what a humble disciple should do when a brother or sister disciple has wandered from the Shepherd and the sheep. [Note: See J. Carl Laney, "The Biblical Practice of Church Discipline," Bibliotheca Sacra 143:572 (October-December 1986):353-64; and Ted G. Kitchens, "Perimeters of Corrective Church Discipline," Bibliotheca Sacra 148:590 (April-June 1991):201-13. Go to the offender first! The Christian is the man who forgets self in his devotion to Jesus Christ and in his service of his fellow-men. Matthew's church regards Gentiles and tax collectors as a mission field. The upper stone, which turned round upon the lower was equipped with a handle, and it was commonly of such a size that the housewife could easily turn it, for it was she who did the grinding of the corn for the household needs. Them that are without God judges,1 Corinthians 5:12; 1 Corinthians 5:13. And if your eye proves a stumbling-block to you, pluck it out and throw it away from you. What does Matthew 18:17 mean? | BibleRef.com I call it "the Matthew 18 principle" for solving school problems. Then, after the parable of the mustard seed (ver. Men little weigh what their words will sound and prove in the day of judgment. Or, Secondly, By constraint; when there are not more than two or three to come together, or, if there be, they dare not, for fear of the Jews, yet Christ will be in the midst of them, for it is not the multitude, but the faith and sincere devotion, of the worshippers, that invites the presence of Christ; and though there be but two or three, the smallest number that can be, yet, it Christ make one among them, who is the principal one, their meeting is as honourable and comfortable as if they were two or three thousand. No doubt the ship was covered with the waves; but how could that imperil the Lord of all? David's own heart smote him, when he had cut off Saul's skirt, and when he had numbered the people; but (which is very strange) we do not find that it smote him in the matter of Uriah, till Nathan told him, Thou art the man. - Rev. As a class, Gentiles are excluded from Gods covenants, promises, and worship and are, therefore, outside the bounds of fellowship (Ephesians 2:11-13). Its difficulty lies in the undoubted fact that it does not ring true; it does not sound like Jesus; it sounds much more like the regulations of an ecclesiastical committee. The grounds of such a judgment will naturally come before us ere long: I can merely refer to it now as my conviction. So, when his fellow-servants saw what had happened, they were very distressed; and they went and informed their master of all that had happened. In Matthew 13:1-58 we have the well-known sketch of these new ways of God. "With greater authority." Or thou mayest, if thou wilt, break off thy friendship and familiarity with him; though thou must by no means study revenge, yet thou mayest choose whether thou wilt have any dealings with him, at least, in such a way as may give him an opportunity of doing the like again. The civil magistrate, say some; The Jewish sanhedrim then in being, say others; but by what follows, Matthew 18:18; Matthew 18:18, it is plain that he means a Christian church, which, though not yet formed, was now in the embryo. The Lord turned the captivity of Job, not when he prayed for himself, but when he prayed for his friends who had trespassed against him.

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