Matthew 18:15-20
15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 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. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 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. 19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. 2001 (Mt 18:15–20). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.
Let us forgive our brother in our heart. Jesus teaches his disciples how to deal with people who sin against them. But more importantly how to point out the sins of others. Jesus Christ has forgiven us all our sins. He has claimed the victory over death and the devil.
But during our life Christians will often wrong fellow Christians. Christians are all sinners. Thus, we need to repent of our sins. We teach each other where we have fallen short by disobeying the Law of the LORD. Then when we listen to the Law, we repent of our sins.
Go to each other and teach one another what God calls a sin. St Paul says, he would not know what coveting was if not for the Law. We would not know what any sin was, unless the Law taught us. Read the Law. Teach the Law. Call each other to repentance, and when they listen, you have gained a brother.
Sins: Homosexuality, Adultery, disobeying the laws of the land or household, stealing, lying, cheating, cursing, swearing falsely or by something you can not control, and so on.
Forgiveness: Only through Jesus Christ's death upon the cross on Good Friday.
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