A Response to a Recent Article
We received
this email message in regards to a recent bulletin article:
. . .
(concerning) your article on Matthew 18. I appreciated it very much. I have
been trying to teach these principles . . . I agree
with the idea that if (a sin) were a private matter, it fell under Matthew
18 and if it were a public matter, it could/should be approached
publicly. A brother replied that he did not agree that a public matter
would necessarily be approached as Paul did Peter and would require
"an influential person who is a teacher of the gospel and has great
influence on others" . . . What about the idea that he and other
Christians have that since we are not Paul we can't do what Paul did?
Isn't what Paul did in Galatians 2 an example for us? Thanks for your help.
Here’s our
reply:
I agree
completely with you -- and I disagree completely with the brother you
described. If we can't imitate Paul in his handling of the situation with
Peter, then in what matters can we imitate him? I know you know these
verses, but they actually COMMAND us to imitate Paul:
1 Corinthians 4:16 “Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of
me.”
1 Corinthians 11:1 “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of
Christ.”
Philippians 3:17 “Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them
which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.”
Philippians 4:9 “Those things, which ye have both learned, and
received, and heard, and
seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with
you.”
- by Greg Gwin
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