Death To Unity

(21) You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.’ (22) But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell. (23) “So if you are presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the Temple and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you, (24) leave your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God.

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(15) Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within them. (16) We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.

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(1) When we cultivate a critical spirit.

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A negative attitude of the heart that seeks to condemn, tear down and destroy with words.

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When you have the to look better, you will in the habit of making others .

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(11) Don’t bad-mouth each other, friends. It’s God’s Word, his Message, his Royal Rule, that takes a beating in that kind of talk.

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(1) Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. (2) For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

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When we have been , it is an indication that we have been .

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(10) Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens, “It has come at last—    salvation, power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down to earth—the one who accuses them before our God day and night.

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We the most like, the one we the most to.

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(29) Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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(1) When we cultivate a critical spirit.

(2) When we nurture the spirit of offense.

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(1) Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come!

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(6) Blessed is the one who is not offended on account of me.

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An offense is an , but being offended is a .

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To an offense in the Kingdom of God is to be in with God’s enemy.

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(21) Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. (22) For many times, also, your own heart has known that even you have cursed others.

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And then, many will be offended, and betray one another and will hate one another.

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(19) An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city.

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(12) For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

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The it is to offend you, the more deeply you actually are.

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(1) When we cultivate a critical spirit.

(2) When we nurture the spirit of offense.

          – Cover it up

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Every time we an offense, we how much we are offended by it.

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Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

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          – Overlook it

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(11) Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

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                    – Look at their good

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                    – Look at your bad

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It is very easy for us to be when we ourselves to the one who is . But, it is to criticize when we compare ourselves to The One who .

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                    – Pray for them

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(44) But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!

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(3) When we tolerate a lack of forgiveness.

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(13) Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

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The focus of a Christ Follower is what Jesus did them, NOT what others have done them.

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We are either going to fixate every day on what others have done to us,

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You are you going to let them go, and focus on what Christ did for you… AND them.

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