According to Matthew 18, Jesus also taught that conflict resolution among church members ought to begin with the aggrieved party attempting to resolve their dispute with the offending party alone. Only if this did not work would the process escalate to the next step, in which another church member would become involved. After that if the person at fault still would not hear, the matter was to be fully investigated by the church elders, and if not resolved to be then exposed publicly. In order to gossip, writes Phil Fox Rose, we must harden our heart towards the out person. We draw a line between ourselves and them; define them as being outside the rules of Christian charity... We create a gap between ourselves and Gods Love. As we harden our heart towards more people and groups, he continues, this negativity and feeling of separateness will grow and permeate our world, and well find it more difficult to access God’s love in any aspect of our lives.[
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:36:13 +0000
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