If you want to see man at his best, he is at his best in his ability to forgive, in overlooking

a transgression, in forgetting a sin and an evil.

It is the glory of a man that he should forgive another, and particularly for a Christian

who has been forgiven so much by God through Christ.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. Today, John

MacArthur will continue his look at the biblical prescription for dealing with sin in the church,

answering the age-old question, am I my brother's keeper?

John has been showing you the loving aspect of being your brother's keeper, the biblical reasons for this thing called church discipline,

also the specific steps involved, and the authority of God that gives you the right

to confront a sinning believer. Now, to get into the restoration side of church discipline,

here's John MacArthur continuing his study called My Brother's Keeper.

Let's open our Bibles to the 18th chapter of Matthew. Now, in this great chapter, we have seen

our Lord teaching on the child likeness of the believer. Now as we come to verse 21, we will note

that we are to be forgiven like children.

We are to be forgiven like children.

There's a great sense of tolerance with children

because we understand their weakness.

We understand their ignorance.

We understand their inabilities.

Being childlike is indicating that we're going to fail.

There are going to be times when we do the wrong things.

We're still in the process of maturing, of growing up, of ordering our behavior.

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