The Right Way to Handle Family Disputes

1 Corinthians 6:1-8

1. Trust the authority of the church

Verses 1, 4

2. Trust the work of Jesus

Verses 2-3, 5

Revelation 20:4-“And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.”

3. Remember that the world is watching

Verse 6

4. Remember to be Christlike

Verses 7-8

Matthew 18-21-22-“Then Peter came to Him and said, ‘Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”

Matthew 18:35-“So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”