AS MUCH AS IS WITHIN YOU.

Good morning.. Let's look at something very serious this morning, The Book of Matthew the 18th chapter beginning with verse 15. If your brother wrongs you go and show him his fault between you and them privately. If he listens to you you have won back your brother. But if he does not listen Take Along with you one or two others so that every word may be confirmed and upheld by the testimony of two or three Witnesses. If he pays attention ,excuse me, if he pays no attention 2 them refusing to Listen and Obey tell it to the church and if he refuses to listen even to the church let him be to you as a pagan and a tax collector. Reference Leviticus 19 verse 17 and 19 vs 15 of Deuteronomy.Wow! Now listen up! This is not an apostle not a prophet not a king or a judge. This my friend is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ speaking to us personally on how we are to handle our issues in church. This is a subject that is not discussed very often in the house of God. Yet it seems that we choose to allow things to Fester. By doing that the problem grows larger and larger and spreads throughout the congregation. It spreads in areas it should not be in. If we profess to be spiritual I am convinced that we must become actual prayer warriors. We should be doing the laying on of hands of needy members and we must obey the practice of discipline as the Lord himself has laid out in these verses. We still are not perfect we are in the flesh, but if we become better prayer warriors, obey the words Christ has spoken here in these verses then things will procede in an orderly fashion and the Holy Spirit of God will not be quenched in our churches. In today's world in America there is a fad of having church services in people's homes instead of a church building. I cannot imagine anyone going into someone's home and conducting themselves in a contentious wrangling Manner, maybe we should consider that when we attend our local church , pay it the respect we would give someone in their home. These are not my words I have read to you from The Book of Matthew the very words of Jesus Christ himself. I know this is not a popular subject but it needs to be addressed. This does not mean you do not love your brother but remember people wrangling and fighting amongst each other does not allow for the Holy Spirit to do his work in our midst. Just think about it read this scripture and pray about it. They shall know that you are his disciples.... If you love one another. It's not always easy to do but I will say this speaking for myself.. The more I'm in the word of God the more I spend private time with the Lord the less wrangling and contentious I will be. Love you all. My prayer: Heavenly Father draw all men to yourself, show them your word and help us all be forgiving of one another as much as humanly possible, but yet I say as much as spiritually possible. Amen....footnot: the scripture says for as much as is within you be at peace with all men. Thanks for reading my blog.