Kevin Taylor's Bible Study
Title:
The Disputes Procedure!
by Kevin Taylor
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• Name:
Kevin Taylor
• Residence:
Leicestershire,
England
• Favorite Verse:
Romans 1 v 16
• Favorite Quote:
"Things are lookin good!"
• Hobbies:
walking, dining
out, family life,
Christian fellowship
• Date of Salvation:
Oct 1991
• Latest News:
This site and the privilege of sharing the word on the net
is a major blessing to me especially when you consider that only a year
ago I had never used a pc. But I have been obedient to the Lord, and been
taught, and now have this blessing bestowed upon me . Thank you Lord.
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God bless all of you.
Some times things don’t work out the way we would
like, and some times we have disagreements with other Christians. Don’t
be alarmed, The Lord knows all about us humans, that’s why he included a
disputes procedure in the bible and I believe it is this the Lord would
have us study this week. I would like us to look at three pieces of scripture
and work through them to get the Lords plan for us on this subject.
Matthew
18 v 15 – 17 “If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault,
just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother
over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that every
matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. If
he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if refuses to listen
even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.”
2 Thessalonians 14 – 15 “If anyone does not obey our instruction in this
letter, take special note of him. Do not associate with him, in order that
he may feel ashamed. Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as
your brother.”
Romans 12 v 17 – 18 “Do not repay evil for evil. Be careful
to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far
as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”
When we study the
bible it is always important to avoid extreme viewpoints, and to get an
overall view of what the word is actually teaching so that we can get an
accurate understanding of the bible. When it comes to disputes the one tip
I would give you is to remember (Matthew chapter 18) because this is the
remedy in a nutshell. Please note that this chapter assumes that you are
in the right, and it is serious enough for you to be unable to “turn a blind
eye” so to speak. That’s the first point. Second thing is also very important,
and that is that your goal must be to “win your brother over” or in other
words to have total reconciliation and a better relationship than you did
before. Third point is also very important and that is you must try to sort
it out between the two of you first, and the vast majority of disputes can
be sorted out at this stage. In my experience I would say that there would
be times when you will be in the right, and times when you will be in the
wrong so try to look at the problem from both points of view. A brother
once said to me “There are always two sides to an argument, unless you are
on one of them.” Lets look at it from another viewpoint, let’s say someone
approaches you and asks you to go with them to see a brother because stage
one (brother to brother) did not work, what should your role be?
Matthew
5 v 9 “Blessed are the peace makers: For they shall be called the children
of God.”
The answer is simple; try to bring peace between the two sides,
look for common ground, and let both sides see that you haven’t taken sides,
but that you are keen to see unity for the Lords sake. Note verse the says,
“Blessed are the peace makers” and not “Blessed are the trouble causers.”
Pray; pray for wisdom for yourself and pray also that the two sides will
be reconciled. It is simple, but you would be surprised just how many major
disputes are major disputes because (Matthew 18) has not been adhered to,
and if the procedure had of been followed the problem would have been sorted
out by now. Something else I would like to point out is that in most disputes
there is right and wrong on both sides at the same time, it is rarely one
side all wrong and the other side all right, so bear this in mind.
To
summarise then, if you can ‘let it go’ then ‘let it go’ if not, ‘brother
to brother’ first and only if this fails do you go onto stage two. “As for
as it depends on you” live at peace with everyone. Follow the procedure
and pursue ‘peace and reconciliation.’ Finally, the only fires we want in
the church is the fire of the ‘Holy Spirit’ moving in his awesome power
so don’t let the enemy side track us, box clever, stick to the procedure
and bring peace.
See you soon, lots of love,
Kevin.
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E-MAIL KEVIN AT: kev@faithmania.com
Hello! My name is Kevin Taylor. I am 42 years old, married
with two teen age daughters. I have been a Christian for ten years and I
worship at a small church called Bardon Park Chapel near to where I live
in Leicestershire, England. I work as a machine setter in the engineering trade. My
out look on life is simple. It is this. Jesus is the answer, now whats the
question. Jesus is Lord. He is Lord.
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