Hey church family, if you got your Bible, we're going to end up in Matthew chapter 18.

But in light of this crazy world, I would like to read an appeal from the Apostle Paul to the church in Corinth.

And I want to make that same appeal to us at the Church of 1122.

Then we'll jump to Matthew chapter 18 to talk about how we make this appeal a reality.

Paul says to the church in Corinth in 1, 1st, chapter 1, verse 10 in following,

I appeal to you, brothers.

That means like I beg, I implore to you, brothers.

By the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you,

but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.

This is Paul's appeal. And then basically all

the rest of 1st Corinthians is how they can be united, that there be no division. In fact, in John

17, one of the things that Jesus prayed for us, for his disciples, is that we would be one

like he and the father are one. All right. So what do you do?

Some people is easy to be one with, right?

People that you like, people that you agree with.

So what do you do when there is division where somebody has done something

and you don't want to be one with them anymore?

What do you do when you feel this division, particularly in the church? Matthew chapter 18.

Jesus says this. If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him

alone. Let's just start right here. Jesus says you talk to people and not about people. It does no good for you to

inform three or four other people of what the other person has done against you. In fact, if we just

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