Be Still And Know

Matthew 18.15 NLT Jesus said, “If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offence. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.” Ever since the Garden of Eden, people have fallen out with one another. It’s very sad but it has always happened, and still does. It is an inevitable part of living in a world of sin. The question is: what you do when it happens? Here, Jesus gives wonderfully straightforward advice which is useful to every single person. If you are wronged, then you need to deal with it as speedily and as privately as possible, with the aim of achieving a restored relationship. It amazes me that this simple and clear advice is so often ignored. When we are wronged, it is very tempting to tell other people about it immediately, but that just magnifies the problem. We feel hurt and so we want other people to sympathise with us and take our side. It would always be better to go to the person who has wronged us in the hope that the relationsh