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Originally Posted by Cassidy
Nope but a nice try.
I don't accept your interpretation either because you ignore the context of both Luke 10 and Matt 12 in favor of a private interpretation and it contradicts Paul's teaching on handling a dispute between brothers.
Anytime the scripture is forced into a private interpretation it will conflict with other scriptures which will then need to be ignored if the appearance of compatibility is of interest.
The whole shout-on-the-rooftops-when-settling-disputes-with-brothers-theory fails when Luke 12+Matt 10 and Paul's teaching are brought together. In fact, Luke 12 and Matt 10 have nothing to do with settling disputes with brothers. For that we must look elsewhere. That is why the theory fails.
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I am not and I have not seen anyone else on this forum suggest that disputes between brothers should be handled by shouting them from the rooftop. However, once a "brother" refuses to hear you then you are no longer required to sit around and settle the issue privately. If you never gave a person a legitimate opportunity to settle it privately then you are wrong. That is clearly the Lord's prescription. But you are not held in slavery to the whim of an abuser because "they refuse to hear you". The expression "tell it to the church" is clearly referring to this no longer being a private matter but an open matter. The Lord has clearly prescribed that taking the matter public is both possible and in some cases appropriate.