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isfaction not for my sake but for his
soul and Christ.

soul and Christ.
2. In company, "If he will not
take one or two"-he may be (i) con-
victed by their more skillful pleading,
or (2) be persuaded by their disinter-
ested mediation, or ~ shamed by 50
many witnesses to his stubbOrnness,
but at least "a he who will not own
his fault will lie, and it is well 20
have witnesses at the interview. Even
church members are not always to
be trusted. What pity!
OBJ Publicly, 1. "Tell it to the
church--not the synagogue (as some)
but the body of believers, organized,
met as church court, for discipline.
The private group was not the church.
Though 1.-TWO or three" here constitute
1.-The church," whose spiritual and
prayerful sentence is ratified lin hea-
ven" The promise to 1.-TWO or three
met together is to official not unofli-
cial groups. however true it may be in
ether cases.
.. "As an heather, a publican, -
no more "a brother" yet mot an en-
emy" 2 Thes. B 3:14-15.; you are to
be his friend, but not his fellow.
Note: Such wrongs are multitude
nous: main cause of spiritual inertia
The Lords way, with meekness ana
charity. would correct them, and breth-
rem dwelling in unity might win the
world by their winning ways Ono.
li1:2I. What hinders? % Self, no.
Christ: l2) mutual guilt: (3) fear tha'
discipline would deplete the roll ana
the treasury.
I'm How Oft to Forgive an Onendlh@
Brother.
Mans erotism. sin against
Ner-.'I'' is the individual of the UNI
verse. the axle. the hub. center OF al!
| things: 'hoW oft shall my brother
sin against Ne?" 1t is always looking
fnr offences and therefore always
stumbling over them. In thus always
projecting itself it is always giving
ufrrn,e and should therefore be th"
last to take any. A man who learns
| to say Against Thee, Thee only have
/ sinncd' (Ps. 5i:l) should say of
his brothers fault, Against Thee.
| Thee only has he sinned." Forgiven
cinnnr., cbouII bax-o nnfbiDtr IN fnrniN.a
| Conscious Of the beam i'll their own
| eye. they should be blind to the
mot (iv)e in their brothers eye: taking
none offense. as they give "none Of
Tense" Il Co. lO:33). Peters ques-
ton would not then concern them.
| :. The limit of forgiveness. (i)
How Oft till seventy times ~
Peter was liberal: the doctors Of his
day said Three times" Peter used
"seven" literally: Jesus used it sym
bolically, j. e., as the perfect number
~ mot seven but seventy times
seven" This is but to say without
| limit. 1t is simple plan and saves
bookkeeping, since all accounts are bal
| anced beforehand. 81 In Luke II a
the Lord says, ''Seven times in a day
and this would be twenty-fi five hundred
| many times i'll a lifetime. But he adds.
| IF he say, | repent" should we not
| otherwise forgive him? Yes. in heart
| for ours is the spirit of forgiveness.
But without confession on his PCT he
would misjudge US, and we should an
ger him, if we say. a forgive YOU >
Forgiveness without repentance bene-
hts no man, and melts no barriers.
". How 1t was in a Given Case.
/. The forgiving King. ~ His
day Of reckoning: ~ The debtor
'brouSht;" (3) the enormou, debt
$iO,000,0O0 or more: a. the bank
rupt; 90 the foreclosure. on persons
and property: (6) the pitiful plea for
patience, and the promise to pay: ~
The kings compassion; (a) he grants
liberty ("loosed him. SO near was he
to Drise). (b) he cancels the debt.
2. The unforgiving servant. D He
meets, even as he went out" debtor:
t2) fellow servant; 90 who owed
few dollars: "a laid hands on him ::
10 choked him; (6) said between
his teeth I'D Pay! (7) the identical
plea for patience and promise to pay;
(s) the pitiless refusal, hopeless i'm
prisonment, and demand for the last
penny.
3. The indignant fellow servants.
| (1) They saw the wickedness: (2)
were sorry to see it; (3) went and
lodged a complaint, as men ought to
do, bringing to judgment graft and cru
/ el oppression.
4. The righteous Judge a. The
summons; (2) the charge, (a) "thou
wick ~ {hl fopno,o /oN ...x