Summary: 7 Biblical Ways To Overcome Offenses: 1. Avoid divisive people. Romans 16:17 2. Overlook the matter. Prov. 19:11 3. Do not take things too personally or people too seriously. Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 4. Be properly reconciled to people who offend you. Matthew 18:15-17 5. Let your own conduct be above reproach. Acts 24:16, 1 Corinthians 10:32, 2 Corinthians 6:3 6. Never give up on people-Give them up. Ecclesiastes 10:4 7. Be an imitator of Jesus. Matthew 16:23 - Above all things, guard your heart (Prov. 4:23). - Don’t allow a spirit of offense to overcome you. Instead, overcome it. - There are many things in life that can stop you from getting closer to God. You need to break free from them. - A spirit of offense will never let you go. You have to let it go. - "That you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ." Philippians 1:10
