Should you end friendships ever?
How have yours ended? (no names)
If we are supposed to love people, how can we end friendships, or do we have to wait for others to do it?
Matthew 18:15-17 “If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
The bible explains the steps that should be taken when we have a problem with someone, and tells what we are to do. I believe that many relationships would be spared had they attempted to address conflicts privately early on, rather than reverting to gossip and slander against an unsuspecting offender.
In extreme cases, where a person sees the offense, yet is unconcerned about it’s importance to another or a few, even God himself, they are hypocrites, and should be purged from the group.
-I suspect that many hypocrites are in churches where leadership has failed to implement this policy. Division at this level should not be tolerated.
Also, debate otherwise can be helpful in learning, when love is especially not in question.