WEDNESDAY, NOVEMER 6 IF ANYONE DOES NOT STUMBLE IN WORD, THIS ONE IS A PERFECT MAN.---JAS. 3:2. DIFFERENCES AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN FELLOW BELIEVERS ARE BOUND TO ARISE. (PHIL. 4:2, 3) HOWEVER, PROBLEMS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS CAN BE SOLVED WITHOUT DISTURBING THE PEACE OF THE CONGREGATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE REALIZE THAT WE MAY HAVE OFFENDED SOMEONE, CONSIDER THE COUNSEL WE SHOULD APPLY AS RECORDED AT MATTHEW 5:23, 24. WHAT IF WE HAVE BEEN WRONGED IN SOME SMALL WAY? SHOULD WE EXPECT THE OFFENDER TO COME TO US AND APOLOGIZE? [LOVE] DOES NOT KEEP ACCOUNT OF THE INJURY, STATES 1 CORINTHIAN S 13:5. WHEN OFFENDED, WE PURSUE PEACE BY FORGIVING AND FORGETTING, THAT IS, BY NOT KEEPING ACCOUNT OF THE INJURY. (COL. 3:13) MINOR TRANSGRESSIONS IN DAY-TO-DAY LIFE ARE BEST HANDLED IN THIS WAY, FOR THIS CONTRIBUTES TO A PEACEFUL RELATION-SHIP WITH FELLOW WORSHIPPERS. A WISE PROVERB STATES: IT IS BEAUTY . . . TO PASS OVER TRANSGRESSION. --- PROV. 19:11. w11 8/15 4:4, 5
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