Reconciliation Before Worship

Reconciliation before worship = if your brother has something against you, go reconcile first - then come offer your gift (Matthew 5:23-24).

Jesus elevates restored relationship over religious performance. Worship with an unreconciled heart is hollow. The initiative is on the one who knows there's a breach - leave the altar, go, be reconciled, then return. This is fellowship restored, not salvation re-earned: Free Grace already settled my standing before God. Same discipline as Note Relationships in the garden: broken links between notes need typed repair - broken links between people need face-to-face repair first.

Extends Free Grace. Contradicts Love God when I prioritize ceremony over the neighbor I've wronged.