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Cell Study 08082010
First Be Reconciled to Your Brother
Read Matt 5:23-25
There are three types of relationships in the Kingdom of
God:
y Koinonia-fellowship-meaning sharing, contribution and
participationIn contemporary terms, they can be the acquaintances
that we meet in church, take
communion and pray together but not necessary know in an
intimate way
y Kingdom partnership-relationships that are established by
working together in the kingdomof Godnot necessary personal
friendssuch as CAM members
y Covenant relationships-ps jono preached aboutclose friends who
stick with you throughthick and thincell members
Conflicts, offence, misunderstanding are unavoidable is any
close relationships. Here Jesus exhorts
us to make reconciliation our priority. In fact, according to
these verses, reconciliation precedes
worship. Strained relationship can cause our worship to be
hindered or rejected. The kingdom is
about the heart. The gift derives its value from the heart of
the giver. You cant worship with a pure
heart when you have a soiled conscience.
Of cause there are situations when reconciliation is not
possible e.g. the offended or the offending
party has died, is not willing to reconcile, etc.
For true reconciliation to take place, forgiveness is necessary.
What is forgiveness or how do one
forgive?
y Choose to change and move ony Express your emotiony Release
the expectations you wanty Meeting needs in other waysy
Sort out boundaries. Only take responsibilities for yoursy Ask
the Holy spirit to protect you from hurtful actions/attitudesy
Receive Gods unconditional lovey Pray for the offendery See good in
person or situation
Forgiveness is not an option as a Christian. In the parable of
the unmerciful servant, when we refuse
to forgive, we can be subjected to oppression and torment. No
matter how justified it is to hang on
to anger/bitterness, unforgiveness does not serve us, on the
contrary, it harms our emotions, our
physical health and our spiritual walk.
Discussions:
Do you have the three different types of relationships
mentioned? Is there any lack and how can youintentionally build
that type of relationship?
Think of an incident when your relationship with a
brother/sister was strained or broken. What did
you do to restore the relationship? If you did not do anything
to restore the relationship, share why
was it so?
How you do define forgiveness personally?
Do you think forgiveness is an event or a process?
Share a testimony of how you find forgiveness over someone who
had hurt you?
How can we learn to be more forgiving?
