HOW THE CONGREGATION WAS TO TREAT THE REPENTANT SINNER -Continue

 Imagine what could happen if the elders refused to allow the truly repentant man back into the congregation or if after his return, The congregation refused to show him love. He could be swallowed up by "excessive sadness." He could easily feel that his situation was hopeless. He might even give up his efforts to repair his relationship with God.

Even worse, if the other brothers and sisters in the congregation refused to forgive the repentant sinner, they would put their own relationship with Jehovah in jeopardy. Why? Because they would reflect, not Jehovah's forgiving attitude toward repentant wrongdoers, but Satan's harsh and merciless attitude. They would, in effect, become tools that the Devil could use to destroy man spiritually. - 2 CORINTHIANS 2:10, 11; EPHESIANS 4:27. 

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