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Do members of a church 
have responsibility

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to alert the pastors when they see

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divisions arising in the church?

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How important is communication

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of the sheep with the shepherds

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in order to maintain unity in the church?

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Clint: Well, when there's a report

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given to a pastor,

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it's very much different than one person

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reporting to another person 
in the congregation.

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And I'm thinking along the 
lines of gossip or slander -

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things like that that are not good.

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But nonetheless, there are times

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when a pastor may be 
oblivious to something

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that's going on in the church

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and it could be very helpful

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in heading it off at the pass

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or dealing with it before 
it becomes a major issue,

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for him to know that.

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I think of the Apostle Paul.

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1 Corinthians 1 -

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we've been informed by Chloe's people

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that divisions exist he said there.

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I think that's how he worded it.

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So here was a case where someone -

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Chloe's people - came to the apostle

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and alerted him something was going on.

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In another place, "it's been reported

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that there's immorality among you,"

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he said in 1 Corinthians 5.

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In another place, 1 Corinthians 11,

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he speaks about another 
report of division.

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So there are occasions when that's helpful

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and I think maybe a duty.

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Someone might be duty-bound

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to say something to the pastor.

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But there's a fine line
between tattle-telling

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or being a gossip there.

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So we have to definitely 
be on guard against that.