If Your Brother Sins Against You

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How does Matt. 18:15-20 work in an online community like CC? What is our responsibility? Particular since if I actually go to the person by PM the person will just say that's proof to the accusations?
 
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This isn't me joking around. I'm really asking how to handle this in a Godly way.
 
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wwjd_kilden

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Depends how he sinned I guessed. And how many times. And what both of you said and did

21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.[SUP]g[/SUP]

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15“If your brother or sister[SUP]b[/SUP] sins,[SUP]c[/SUP] go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[SUP]d[/SUP] 17If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.



- Take it to the mods?
 
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Depends how he sinned I guessed. And how many times. And what both of you said and did

21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.[SUP]g[/SUP]

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15“If your brother or sister[SUP]b[/SUP] sins,[SUP]c[/SUP] go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’[SUP]d[/SUP] 17If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.



- Take it to the mods?
Yeah, it's the "take one or two along" part, I'm having trouble with. How is that not gossiping online?

(And mods have done nothing.)
 
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wwjd_kilden

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Hmmm. Then I really don't know.
I once left an entire forum due to a situation with one or two members who wouldn't leave me alone
 
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Hmmm. Then I really don't know.
I once left an entire forum due to a situation with one or two members who wouldn't leave me alone
Oh, this is about the exact opposite of that as possible, except it's also not true. I have had your experience before. Now, supposedly, I'm the one doing it. This is where my frustration lies, but I have taken the first steps to resolve it.

I just have no idea on what to do if the second step needs to happen.

Then again, this is no big thing. Real life is, so at least God got me off the fixating wheel. lol
 

blue_ladybug

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Tell me who they are. I'll have them taken care of. I know a guy. lol jk :eek: ... Seriously, if it's someone on here and you can't work it out, then go to the mods and ask them to talk to that person.
 

JesusLives

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Which direction are you coming from? They sinned against you? or You sinned against them? As I read the OP sounds like they sinned against you....

If you PM'd them and they are not responding in a Christian manner, then you know you tried and then as Christians we are instructed to Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.

If they continue to do what they are doing then do as Blue suggested with the Mods. They will still need prayer.

My situation was I didn't like the way other person was expressing themselves toward others as it seemed to be browbeating the gospel or their ideas of righteousness to general population and I was also wrong in my joking way with a touch of being sarcastic to try to get them to lighten up a bit...

I realized I was also wrong and did try to come to a resolution with the person and knew they wouldn't read my PM to them so didn't bother with that just trying in an open thread that ended up being closed. The other person got banned but not at my request.

I was wrong in my original approach to this person. I had to ask for forgiveness for my part and pray for the other person too that God would help soften their heart. I have found that when someone else pushes my buttons then probably both of us need prayer.

It is never wrong to try and do the right thing for the right reasons.

Hope things get worked out better in your situation.
 
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Tell me who they are. I'll have them taken care of. I know a guy. lol jk :eek: ... Seriously, if it's someone on here and you can't work it out, then go to the mods and ask them to talk to that person.
I live in South Philly. I don't know any, but I'm sure if I asked neighbors, they know some of our mafia. (When we moved into the city, there was a shell-business at the next corner up from our house that everyone knew was where the mafia just hung out in the daytime. It was the time of the ending of the last war in the mafia, so a guy was killed right outside the store one day. Then we moved into our house, which is only thee blocks from that old renter, and a year later another guy was killed on his front steps a block north of us. We have so much mafia around here it averages out to one neighbor every one to two blocks, but around here, they're low level. Back in those days, they were good shots and intentional. So, if they wanted someone dead, they'd only kill that one person, and it was always planned. Now they've dwindled down to street thugs/gangstas. They kill on a whim. "You dissed me" stuff. And they shoot the gun sideways, so they rarely hit who they meant to hit. Fortunately, as long as we aren't hanging around places where people get drunk, we're fairly safe. We know they're around here somewhere, but we don't know who they are because we're not in that world.)

But, this is not that bad by a shot.

More serious now --

I was able to take the first step finally, so I'm hoping God works it out from there.

I really do have no clue how to do step two though, since I've already tried mods -- more than once -- and nothing happened.

Does online mean freeforall?