Disicplining and Forgiving September 6, 2017, HMC Chapel Service Matthew 18:15-20 (Philippine Setting) A news headline today started since last week is the impeachment of the one who’s in the highest position in making a law, that is Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. The impeachment complaint was filed last month by Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and then forwarded to Speaker Panteleon Alvares, who will later refer it to the justice committee. What is the complaint? The betrayal of public trust due graft and corruption. It has been said that Sereno was accused of spending a lot of money for buying a luxury car and spending foreign travel allowances without the approval of the entire court committee. If the law of the country recognises such kind of regulating actions, the church also does. The whole context of the passage we in Matthew 18:15-20 talks about disciplining an offender and giving mercy when he or she passed thr...