Scriptural Approach to Confrontation

TLFisher · 01-21-2013, 07:24 PM

I believe many forum members and lurkers who have spent time in the Local churches, confrontation has a negative connotation. Yesterday I recieved a healthy word on the scriptural and proper way for confrontation. The issue is not vindication but to issue in God's glory.
Often the heart is not for confronation to result in reconciliation, but to seek ones own vindication. Among brothers not bearing administrative responsibility to the locality likely bears fewer obstacles than brothers bearing administrative responsibility.
Still in the local churches, it seems the Matthew 18 approach to confrontation is not wanted. One, we've been conditioned to avoid anything that's negative and two most brothers are not confrontational in nature.

More so if it involves church leaders as we've seen In the Thread of Gold , and with Steve Isitt, and the couple formerly from the Church in Ontario. To confront church leaders about an offense is regarded as going against God's government as the teaching of deputy authority seems to carry more weight than the Matthew 18 approach. Even if you wanted to take the Matthew 18 approach, how much receptiveness is there to meet one on one; brother to brother? How does Matthew 18 apply to 1 Timothy 6:19?

01-21-2013, 07:24 PM	#1
TLFisher Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Renton, Washington Posts: 3,545	Scriptural Approach to Confrontation I believe many forum members and lurkers who have spent time in the Local churches, confrontation has a negative connotation. Yesterday I recieved a healthy word on the scriptural and proper way for confrontation. The issue is not vindication but to issue in God's glory. Often the heart is not for confronation to result in reconciliation, but to seek ones own vindication. Among brothers not bearing administrative responsibility to the locality likely bears fewer obstacles than brothers bearing administrative responsibility. Still in the local churches, it seems the Matthew 18 approach to confrontation is not wanted. One, we've been conditioned to avoid anything that's negative and two most brothers are not confrontational in nature. More so if it involves church leaders as we've seen In the Thread of Gold , and with Steve Isitt, and the couple formerly from the Church in Ontario. To confront church leaders about an offense is regarded as going against God's government as the teaching of deputy authority seems to carry more weight than the Matthew 18 approach. Even if you wanted to take the Matthew 18 approach, how much receptiveness is there to meet one on one; brother to brother? How does Matthew 18 apply to 1 Timothy 6:19?