Leviticus 19:17
“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.
Tag: Conflict Management
Note what was posted from yesterday's reading:
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
This verse in Colossians was written to the church to help them resolve conflict. Brother to brother they were to allow the "peace of Christ" to "rule." The word "rule" is like "umpire." If there was a conflict between two people striving for the peace that is in Christ would be the deciding factor. We must always strive for the peace that is in Christ. Harmony is the reason Christ died. He provides harmony between us and the Father. He provides harmony in the Body of Christ. So, too, in the O.T. This verse in Leviticus is a prerequisite for what we read in Colossians. Even though they knew not, yet, about Christ is specifics, they were given the same principles. Their relationships with each other were to be placed in the position of harmony. They were to "reason frankly" with their fellow Israelite. The phrase implies reproving each other in the Hebrew language. There was a "convincing" meaning to the phrase. From OT to NT we see that God is wanting us to have harmony with others. In the OT we were strive for harmony by making sure we had completely convinced our brother. In the NT we see that harmony was governed and decided by Christ's love. Here again we see law vs love. Either way we were to seek harmony.
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