Gentile & Publican
Matt. 18:17
In this situation the twelve men, with a child in the midst, were receiving instruction concerning how to deal with a brother’s sin against you. First, show him the fault, and if he will not show sorrow, then take two others of the same circle, always to gain him; but if he still has no sorrow, tell it to the Church. And if he will not listen to the Church, "let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican." What sort of man is the Gentile and the publican? A man to be cursed as the Pharisees thought? No. What then? The man for whom Christ died! And so, if the brother cannot be won, he is to be treated by the Church as a man for whom the Church will die in order that he may be saved!
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