Message and Fellowship: Conflict

Friday 3/16
6:00-7:15pm Dinner at TC Noodle House (Lamar)
7:30-9:30pm Speaker: Greg Orr (ACC Wycliffe Portable)
10:00-11:30pm Hang-out at Osborne

Notes:
Proverbs 27:6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

Examples of Conflict from the Bible:
-David and Saul (David's response to Saul wanting to kill him- let God handle it; after all, God anointed Saul)
-David and Samuel (David's response to Samuel's confrontation- repentance)
-David and Absalom (David's response to Absalom's desire to take the throne- ran away b/c God had said previously that the sword would never leave his household and he didn't want it to be more violent than it had to be)
-Jacob and Esau (re: birthright, etc)
-Paul and Peter (re: Gentiles' hypocrisy)
-Peter and Jesus ("Get behind me, Satan")
-Mark/Paul/Barnabas (Mark had abandoned Paul on a previous missionary journey so Paul didn't want to bring him along; Mark's cousin Barnabas wanted to bring Mark along; so the good friends Paul and Barnabas split and went different directions)

God-fearing Christians can have different opinions and even blind spots.

Having to deal with different personalities often shows off God's grace, helps us grow, and rounds each other out (it's not necessarily a spiritual attack or that the other is demon-possessed :P).

If we run away from a problem, God will probably bring it back.

Discussion re: forgiveness versus restoration of trust...