I. RECIPE FOR CHURCH CONFLICTS
A. RESOLUTION
Matthew 18:15 “If your brother sins against you, go and reprove him, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.”
1. REASON
2. REACTION
3. REPROOF
4. RESULT
B. REDRESS
Matthew 18:16 “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.”
1. REPUTATION
2. RELIABLE
C. REFUSAL
Matthew 18:17 “If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he also refuses to listen to the church, consider him to be to you like a heathen or a tax collector.”
1. REPUDIATION
2. REJECTION
II. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHURCH
A. REMINDER
Matthew 18:18 “Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
1. REPENTANCE
2. RECOMPENSE
B. RESOLVE
Matthew 18:19 “Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about any matter asked, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.”
1. RESTRICTION
2. RESPONSE
C. REWARD
Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them.”
1. REALITY
2. RECOGNITION