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if thy brother sins against thee
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Luke 17: 3 - 4 ( King James Version )
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| Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him |
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| verse 4 > And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day; and seven times in a day turn again to thee saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. |
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Luke 17: 3 - 4 ( New International Version )
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| So watch yourselves, "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repent, forgive him. |
| v. 4 > And if he sins against you seven times in a day; and seven times comes back to you and says, "I repent" forgive him |
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Text Quoted in Spirit of Prophecy
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Too often when wrongs are committed again and again, and the wrongdoer confesses his fault, the injured one becomes weary, and thinks he has forgiven quite enough. But the Saviour has plainly told us how to deal with the erring: “If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.” Luke 17:3. Do not hold him off as unworthy of your confidence. Consider “thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” Galatians 6:1. { COL 249.1}
If your brethren err, you are to forgive them. When they come to you with confession, you should not say, I do not think they are humble enough. I do not think they feel their confession. What right have you to judge them, as if you could read the heart? The word of God says, “If he repent, forgive him. And if he trespasses against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.” Luke 17:3, 4. And not only seven times, but seventy times seven — just as often as God forgives you. { COL 249.2} Read entire Chapter 19
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| “If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.” Luke 17:3 Treat him and his errors as you wish God to treat you when you offend him. You should not say, as some have said, who ought to know better, “I do not think he feels humble enough. I do not think he feels his confession.” What right have you to judge him, as if you could read the heart? The word of God says, “If he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.” And not only seven times, but seventy times seven, should you forgive him, — just as often as Christ forgives you. { HM January 1, 1892, par. 20 }
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| Too often when wrongs have been reproved again and again, and the wrong-doer confesses his fault, the one who has suffered becomes weary, and thinks he has forgiven quite enough. But the Saviour has given us an example how we should deal with those who err. “If thy brother trespass against thee,” he says, “rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.” Do not hold him off as unworthy of your confidence. Consider “thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” { RH January 3, 1899, par. 11 }
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| David proposed to build a house for God, in which he could place the sacred ark, and to which all Israel should come to worship. The Lord informed David, through his prophet, that he should not build the house, but that he should have a son who should build a house for God. “I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men. But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.” God manifests pity and compassion for the weakness of erring man, and promises, if he transgress, to punish him; and if he repent, to forgive him. { 1SP 387.1 }
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David purposed to build a house for God, in which he could place the sacred ark, and to which all Israel should come to worship. The Lord informed David through his prophet that he should not build the house, but that he should have a son who should build a house for God. “I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men. But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.” God manifests pity and compassion for the weakness of erring man, and promises, if he transgress, to punish him, and if he repent, to forgive him. { 4aSG 93.2 }
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Additional material: Matthew 18: 15
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