{"id":10235,"date":"2021-03-27T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T04:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=10235"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:02","slug":"what-you-might-find-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=10235","title":{"rendered":"WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND OUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them, and if they repent, forgive them.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Do you know what you might find out if you have been sinned against by a brother or sister in Christ and you decide to obey the Lord&#8217;s command in Luke 17:3 and actually confront that person face to face and put forward an honest and respectful rebuke in hope of repentance?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe &#8230;\u00a0he is sincerely sorry.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe &#8230; she really is unaware of the hurt she caused.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe &#8230; he actually wants to be a better person.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe &#8230; it was all a misunderstanding.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe &#8230; her actions and words were somewhat justified.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe &#8230; you were just as much in the wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe &#8230; he had a good reason you just weren&#8217;t aware of.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe &#8230; you misheard her.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe &#8230; it was in retaliation for a hurt <i><b>you<\/b><\/i> caused him.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And maybe &#8230; just maybe &#8230; a deep, Christ-honoring reconciliation is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>And do you know what you <i>won&#8217;t<\/i> find out if you decide instead to disobey Luke 17:3?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anything that might disturb your sweet, smug embrace of a self-righteous anger against a fellow servant of Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them, and if they repent, forgive them.&#8221; Do you know what you might find out if you have been sinned against by a brother or sister in Christ and you decide to obey the Lord&#8217;s command in Luke 17:3 and actually confront that person face to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10236,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10235\/revisions\/10236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}