By Pastor Mike
Let’s begin this devotional from the words of Jesus Christ from the Gospel of Matthew. “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.”
Here, in these scriptures, Jesus lays out the very framework for conflict resolution to be conducted within the lives of Christians and the church community. They hinge on one particular detail: the personal and direct address of the issue. This is a f