The David Spoon Experience 1-26-23 Part 1

A) When someone does wrong to the church community, we will often respond will a “calling out on the carpet” approach. This is biblical Christian confrontation (in truth, love, and wisdom) and is commanded in the Pastoral Epistles. But there does come a time when the fire dies down, and the healing balm needs to be applied. So when there is someone who messes up, they should see it. But the idea is not to keep that person in that failure but to restore them. B) If you forgive, I forgive. Now, look at this principle. It is the same one that God uses with us. When Saul was persecuting the church, Jesus called him out and said, “dude, you are persecuting Me.” As Jesus saw it, what was being done to His people was being done to Him. It’s the same thing here. Paul states, “if you forgive them, then I do too.” We do with and for one another because we are God’s family. C) In order that satan does not take advantage of us. Well, how does Satan take advantage of us? By getting us to operate in unforgiveness. That’s his tool. It is the opposite of God. And it’s what he tries to drive the Christians into doing. To hold on to the bitterness and the anger. Don’t.