Mat 18:15 And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
I cautioned My disciples not to give offence and to forgive. I explain here the first step of reconciliation when one sins against you by abusing, defaming, or in being injurious to you. It was never intended to be meant for if you should have a difference of opinion with others. It is meant for when you have been aggrieved by a person who has sinned before heaven and against you.
It was never meant that you should gossip, retain anger, suffer resentment, and retaliate. It is meant that you come privately to your brother and reason with him. Perhaps he also will see it as a sin and beseech forgiveness before Me and before you.
I am asking you, My beloved, to follow the order that there is in My Kingdom. Will I not be there with you and with them and shall not My favor toward you be known? Seek reconciliation before this festers. Seek My peace in this and perhaps your brother will listen.
With Love Eternal,
Jesus
A powerful lesson on the difference between what we perceive to be sin and what is an act that brings estrangement from God. May the affronts against us be worthily perceived and divinely guided working toward forgiveness, cleansing, and reconciliation to God's glory
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