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How Do We Handle Sin?

How Do We Handle Sin?. What Do We Do When We See Someone Else Commit Sin?. Four Ways That I Have Seen: Ignore It Tell Everyone You Know Tell the Elders or Preacher Go Talk with the Person. Special Case – Sin Against You. Do we have the same four choices?

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How Do We Handle Sin?

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  1. How Do WeHandle Sin?

  2. What Do We Do When WeSee Someone Else Commit Sin? Four Ways That I Have Seen: Ignore It Tell Everyone You Know Tell the Elders or Preacher Go Talk with the Person

  3. Special Case – Sin Against You • Do we have the same four choices? • Instructions given in Matthew 18:15-17 • Purpose – Save his soul – James 5:19-20 • Keep it private – Matthew 18:15,16 • Witnesses – Deuteronomy 19:15

  4. Option A – Ignore It • Afraid of Reaction – Afraid of Losing a friend • 2 Thessalonians 3:6 • Love Our Brother • 1 Peter 1:22; 1 John 3:14; 1 John 4:21 • Watchman – Ezekiel 3:16-21 • 1 Thessalonians 4:14 • Galatians 6:1

  5. Option B – Tell Everyone • Not Revenge – Deut. 32:35; Rom. 12:19 • Warning Others? – 2 Thessalonians 3:6 • Are We Correct? • Gossip – Romans 1:29-32 • 1 Timothy 5:13; Titus 3:2; 1 Peter 4:15 • Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 11:13 • Keep It Private – Matthew 18:15, 16

  6. Option C – Tell the Elders • Whose Responsibility – Galatians 6:1 • Duty of Witness – Deuteronomy 17:7 • Biblical Examples: • 1 Corinthians 1:11; 1 Corinthians 11:17-18 • 1 Corinthians 5:1 • What should the hearer do?

  7. Option D – Talk to the Person • You are the eye-witness • You can verify the facts • You are showing love for your brother • You are keeping it private – Matthew 16:15,16 • You are following Galatians 6:1 • Possible Outcomes

  8. The Desired Outcome James 5:19-20 [19]  Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, [20]  let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

  9. God’s Plan of Salvation • Hear – Romans 10:17 • Believe – Hebrews 11:6 • Repent – Luke 13:3 • Confess – Romans 10:10 • Be Baptized – Mark 16:16 • Then Remain Faithful – Matthew 24:13

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