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M0053 on Nostr: Not necessarily. This format is primarily public discourse. Other Christians ...

Not necessarily.

This format is primarily public discourse.

Other Christians frequently tell me in public that they don't like how I did something or they disagree with me or they think that I'm acting in a bad way, and if I respect them and feel like that's God speaking to me through them, then I try to respond with the soft heart. If not, then just let it go.

At least those are the two paths I think I should go down, but often I may erupt with a harder heart.

I think Jesus' instruction to privately handle matters of being sinned against by your brother to be something that is meant to be experienced on a scale. I don't think he meant that if someone called you a bad name or had a public disagreement with you and he didn't repent that you should take the elders to talk to him.