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08 March 2016 – Forgive offenders & guard yourselves against greed
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Scriptures Referenced31. Go to Christians who offend you—Matthew 18:15
Matthew 18:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)15 “If your brother sins[a], go and show him his fault in private;
if he listens and pays attention to you,
you have won back your brother.Galatians 6:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)
6 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any sin, you who are spiritual
[that is, you who are responsive to the guidance of the Spirit] are to restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness
[not with a sense of superiority or self-righteousness],
keeping a watchful eye on yourself, so that you are not tempted as well.================================================
32. Forgive offenders—Matthew 18:21-22 (Also Proverbs 19:11)
21Then Peter came to Him and asked, “Lord, how many times
will my brother sin against me and I forgive him
and let it go? Up to seven times?”
22 Jesus answered him, “I say to you, not up to seven times,
but seventy times seven.====================================
Proverbs 19:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
11 Good sense and discretion make a man slow to anger,
And it is his honor and glory to overlook a transgression
or an offense [without seeking revenge and harboring resentment].==========================================
33. Beware of covetousness—Luke 12:15
Luke 12:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)15 Then He said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves
against every form of greed; for not even when one has
an overflowing abundance does his life consist of
nor is it derived from his possessions.”===============================================
Mark 16:17 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe:
by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;=====================================================James 1:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.=====================================================James 4:6 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
6 But he gives all the more grace; therefore it says,
“God opposes the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.”====================================================2 Corinthians 13:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)5 Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith
and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves. Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?====================================================Galatians 6:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.====================================================1 Corinthians 8:2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
2 Those who think they know something do not yet know anything as they should.====================================================Luke 10:26-28 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
