First-Word Principle

Life Group Questions 1.  In your own words, what is the First-Word Principle? How does it help maintain and grow relationships? 2.  Read Matthew 18:15. This verse provides five key points about resolving personal conflicts. What are they? Please discuss.3.  Do you recall a situation in your life where you were seemingly the last person to know about someone having a problem with you? If you can, please talk about that. How did it affect those relationships? 4.  In Matthew 18:7, the English word “offense” is translated from the Greek word “skandalon,” which means the trigger of a trap on which bait is placed. Discuss how this biblical fact colors your understanding of what an offense is. 5.  What is a secondary offense? What is gossip? How are they damaging to relationships…the church? Have you experienced gossip, as the subject of the gossip or a participant? If so, please share what happened.