“If your brother sins go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERYFACT MAY BE CONFIRMED. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.
It would be a sin for two followers of Christ to take a dispute between two brothers to a earthly judicial court, because this is the way of justice to the heathens. A Christian dispute is mandated to be handled through the Church where Jesus Christ is the Judge. When Jesus commissioned Peter to establish Christ’s Church, he gave him power to bind heaven to just decisions made in the Church. But if any of the Christians fail to follow this charge, then they need to be treated as an outsider to the Church and handed over to the world.
Daily Prayer: Father it is good to know that You have given all authority over to Jesus Christ. This way no one has to fear an unfair judgment because Jesus Christ is just and shows no partiality. In Jesus name I pray Amen.
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