Situational question.

[Sailormilan2]

Supposing you see someone you know cheating on their SO. Do you:
A. Stay out of it?
B. Go talk to him/her on a one on one basis?
C. Tell their SO? The person they are cheating on.
D. Go to the church about it? Per Matt. 18.

This topic came up in another forum I lurk in, and one poster seems to think one applies Matt. 18:15-17 to it and just about everything.

[mossy]

if you know the person well then talk to him or her on a one on one, tell them to grow up and knock it off.

[funk_drum]

^^ yep ^^

[BoogNasty]

Agree to the above

[hasserl]

Agree with the others, if this person doesn't belong to your church. Matt 18 would be the correct response if they did.

[Just Dave]

Supposing you see someone you know cheating on their SO. Do you:
A. Stay out of it?
B. Go talk to him/her on a one on one basis?
C. Tell their SO? The person they are cheating on.
D. Go to the church about it? Per Matt. 18.

This topic came up in another forum I lurk in, and one poster seems to think one applies Matt. 18:15-17 to it and just about everything.

SO? So they're living in sin?

First things first they both need salvation if the above applies.

[sdkevin]

Supposing you see someone you know cheating on their SO. Do you:

Maybe they are fine with it.. it's nunya business..

You grow up an clean up your troubles, take your own trash out and quit peeking over the "neighbors fence".

[billofrights]

SO? So they're living in sin?

First things first they both need salvation if the above applies.

Maybe "SO" is just quicker to type than "husband/wife" and just as inclusive?

[Not a Cook]

Big question: Does he profess to be a Christian?

If so -> Matthew 18, with the goal of restoring and "gaining your brother". If he refuses to repent, then 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 (see below)

If not -> he's worldly and doing like the world does - that's not surprising. As Just Dave implied, the issue of his adultery is not nearly as important as his need for salvation. Give him the gospel. If he doesn't think he needs to be saved, let him know that adultery is a sin and that he stands condemned before God and can only be saved through Christ. Christians aren't called to judge those who are outside, but those who are inside the church (ref. the passage below).

I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.

For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.” 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 (NKJV)