Dealing with sin, and forgivingMatthew 18:15-35Length: Long

1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • What steps does Jesus give for dealing with a brother's sin, and what happens in the parable of the unmerciful servant?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • Whom do you find hardest to forgive — and what debt of yours has God canceled?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • What conversation about sin or offense have you been avoiding that you will have — privately and gently — this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • With whom in your group will you share Jesus' pattern for handling offense, so conflicts stop spreading sideways?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).