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[1178.22 --> 1179.02] who comes back
[1179.02 --> 1179.90] because there is
[1179.90 --> 1181.12] power in forgiveness
[1181.12 --> 1181.92] and there is
[1181.92 --> 1182.86] power and joy
[1182.86 --> 1183.68] in reconciliation.
[1184.32 --> 1184.86] That shalom
[1184.86 --> 1185.74] that we're supposed
[1185.74 --> 1186.48] to live out.
[1186.88 --> 1187.78] There's so much
[1187.78 --> 1188.52] joy there.
[1189.08 --> 1190.00] That's what Jesus
[1190.00 --> 1191.82] is instructing us
[1191.82 --> 1192.20] to do.
[1192.60 --> 1193.48] That's the goodness
[1193.48 --> 1194.72] that is in store
[1194.72 --> 1195.34] for us.
[1197.22 --> 1197.62] And so,
[1197.72 --> 1197.90] again,
[1197.96 --> 1198.58] with that goal
[1198.58 --> 1199.02] in mind,
[1199.12 --> 1199.78] we want to head
[1199.78 --> 1200.90] toward reconciliation.
[1201.94 --> 1202.64] We are commanded
[1202.64 --> 1203.44] to confront
[1203.44 --> 1204.94] these sorts of patterns
[1204.94 --> 1206.34] with scrupulous care
[1206.34 --> 1207.62] for a lost
[1207.62 --> 1208.74] brother or sister.
[1209.20 --> 1210.26] But where do we start?
[1211.66 --> 1212.72] We start with
[1212.72 --> 1213.44] one-on-one,
[1213.78 --> 1215.10] private conversation.
[1216.04 --> 1216.78] Notice the care
[1216.78 --> 1217.56] of detail here.
[1217.86 --> 1218.76] Jesus starts with,
[1219.18 --> 1220.22] go and confront them,
[1220.40 --> 1221.38] just the two of you.
[1222.18 --> 1223.02] You start there.
[1223.80 --> 1224.66] You do not go
[1224.66 --> 1225.28] with your gang
[1225.28 --> 1226.70] of ten holy saints
[1226.70 --> 1227.26] and go,
[1227.38 --> 1227.62] alright,
[1228.08 --> 1229.04] I got ten people,
[1229.22 --> 1230.16] we all know you're sinning,
[1230.38 --> 1230.74] let's go,
[1230.84 --> 1231.16] come on,
[1231.32 --> 1231.74] shape up.
[1232.24 --> 1232.48] No.
[1232.78 --> 1233.70] It's a caring
[1233.70 --> 1235.22] one-on-one conversation
[1235.22 --> 1236.52] and you start there.
[1237.56 --> 1238.56] If that person
[1238.56 --> 1239.14] is unwilling
[1239.14 --> 1240.08] to listen to you,
[1240.40 --> 1240.70] again,
[1240.70 --> 1241.28] the next step
[1241.28 --> 1242.12] isn't bring your
[1242.12 --> 1242.72] whole church,
[1243.40 --> 1244.08] the next step
[1244.08 --> 1244.88] is bring your
[1244.88 --> 1245.38] small group.
[1245.86 --> 1246.68] Who are the fellow
[1246.68 --> 1247.50] brothers and sisters
[1247.50 --> 1249.20] who care for this
[1249.20 --> 1250.26] lost soul right now?
[1250.70 --> 1251.56] You bring them
[1251.56 --> 1252.28] into the picture.
[1253.36 --> 1254.80] But the sequence
[1254.80 --> 1255.38] goes on.
[1256.10 --> 1256.68] So if they're
[1256.68 --> 1257.62] unwilling to listen
[1257.62 --> 1258.54] to even a caring
[1258.54 --> 1259.26] small group,
[1259.74 --> 1260.84] then Jesus says,
[1261.32 --> 1262.12] tell it to the pastor.
[1263.40 --> 1264.12] He says,
[1264.22 --> 1265.24] tell it to the church.
[1265.24 --> 1266.60] He says,
[1266.92 --> 1268.44] go tell the whole community.
[1268.44 --> 1274.02] All of this sequence,
[1274.60 --> 1275.62] all this care
[1275.62 --> 1276.30] and detail,
[1276.80 --> 1277.90] it's a step-by-step
[1277.90 --> 1279.16] process that reflects
[1279.16 --> 1280.20] loving patience
[1280.20 --> 1281.16] because Jesus
[1281.16 --> 1282.10] is commanding,
[1282.30 --> 1283.20] he's instructing
[1283.20 --> 1283.82] his body,
[1283.94 --> 1284.54] his church,
[1284.94 --> 1285.54] to exhaust
[1285.54 --> 1286.50] all means
[1286.50 --> 1287.44] to win back
[1287.44 --> 1288.14] a lost brother
[1288.14 --> 1288.64] or sister.
[1289.92 --> 1291.16] Every way you can
[1291.16 --> 1292.16] because if you think of it,
[1292.16 --> 1293.02] if a private