Guilty

[nebula]

One of my FB friends posted this:

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Dearly Beloved,

My saints are going forth tearing down other saints. You are allowing the enemy to come up against each other and I have been warning my saints to love each other and you have chosen to tear each other... down every chance you get, you have been turning and twisting my word for your own glorification and to fit it into this corrupt world rather than build each other up in love and compassion, encouraging your brother and sister in love. You are becoming a generation where you no longer fear ME, but fear man and how he perceives you says the Lord.

Am I not the Lord who has command you not to judge one another, yet you chose to do so. I am the only one who knows a man's heart and teaches him, corrects him and guides him, this is not your job by mine, yet many of you have come up against my anointed saints and have thus been turning brother against brother and sister against sister and continue to allow the enemy a foothold says the Lord. It is time to repent and turn back from your wicked ways says the Lord for the time is shorter than you think.

(II Timothy 2:24) 24 The Lord

[Fez]

One of my FB friends posted this:

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Dearly Beloved,

My saints are going forth tearing down other saints. You are allowing the enemy to come up against each other and I have been warning my saints to love each other and you have chosen to tear each other... down every chance you get, you have been turning and twisting my word for your own glorification and to fit it into this corrupt world rather than build each other up in love and compassion, encouraging your brother and sister in love. You are becoming a generation where you no longer fear ME, but fear man and how he perceives you says the Lord.

Am I not the Lord who has command you not to judge one another, yet you chose to do so. I am the only one who knows a man's heart and teaches him, corrects him and guides him, this is not your job by mine, yet many of you have come up against my anointed saints and have thus been turning brother against brother and sister against sister and continue to allow the enemy a foothold says the Lord. It is time to repent and turn back from your wicked ways says the Lord for the time is shorter than you think.

(II Timothy 2:24) 24 The Lord

[BFP]

"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world" (1 John 4:1).

...and I truly believe that this whole idea of not judging or correcting each other is a false prophet. We are all too proud to admit our failings and submit to correction...that is where the problems lie, not in the correction itself.

Too many people 'believe' but their lifestyles don't show it at all, they need to be corrected, by not correcting them we are condoning that behavior, and that doesn't help anything.

We are there to support each other, and to be loving towards each other, yes, but if you love someone you correct them when you see them going the wrong way, and you accept correction from those you know love you and have your best interest in mind.

If you're correcting simply to be 'holier than thou' then you are the one who needs to be corrected.

But accepting others behavior just because you believe you should not judge another's actions (not their hearts) is a big lie...

[nebula]

...and I truly believe that this whole idea of not judging or correcting each other is a false prophet.

There's a difference between pointing someone to the truth and tearing them to shreds.

And sometimes, we beat each other up over our own personal theological hang-ups.

And too often, we are concerned more about what we consider to be "the truth" than we are the person (although we say it's for the person, it really isn't).

[BFP]

1 Timothy 5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

Luke 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

2 Timothy 4:2 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

Titus 1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

Titus 2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee."

[enoob57]

OFFENSE

A word with two distinct meanings in the Bible:

1. That which prompts a person to bristle with indignation or disgust. This type of offense may in fact be from God, according to its usage in the Bible. The apostle Paul spoke of "the offense of the cross" (Gal 5:11). The Jews were offended because faith without Jewish legal observances was offered as the only means of salvation.

2. Offense also refers to those things which cause a person to do something against his conscience. This type of offense may be from Satan or from men. Its effect is to entice a person to sin (Matt 5:29; 17:23; 18:6-9). It is this kind of offense which can be produced by the "grey" areas of the Christian life-those practices which are right for some but wrong for others (Rom 14:13; 1 Cor 8:13).

(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright

[south]

I think that we should all be open to correction. But I think it is very important that we check our own hearts and know what our motivation is before we correct anyone. For after all, motives are weighed by the Lord and He is the only one who sees the hearts of men.

I personally have to ponder things a hundred times before I call somebody's attention about something really serious, and I have to ask myself, "Am I correcting this person because of love or because I'm just irritated and will not have any more of it, or because I think I know better?"

When I know my heart isn't right (and I personally think we all know when our heart is not right), then I refrain and ask God to correct me first. Sometimes we are the ones who need correction before we are able to correct others.

Blessings...South

[enoob57]

I think that we should all be open to correction. But I think it is very important that we check our own hearts and know what our motivation is before we correct anyone. For after all, motives are weighed by the Lord and He is the only one who sees the hearts of men.

I personally have to ponder things a hundred times before I call somebody's attention about something really serious, and I have to ask myself, "Am I correcting this person because of love or because I'm just irritated and will not have any more of it, or because I think I know better?"

When I know my heart isn't right (and I personally think we all know when our heart is not right), then I refrain and ask God to correct me first. Sometimes we are the ones who need correction before we are able to correct others.

Blessings...South

The beam and the splinter

[Guest man]

I think that we should all be open to correction. But I think it is very important that we check our own hearts and know what our motivation is before we correct anyone. For after all, motives are weighed by the Lord and He is the only one who sees the hearts of men.

I personally have to ponder things a hundred times before I call somebody's attention about something really serious, and I have to ask myself, "Am I correcting this person because of love or because I'm just irritated and will not have any more of it, or because I think I know better?"

When I know my heart isn't right (and I personally think we all know when our heart is not right), then I refrain and ask God to correct me first. Sometimes we are the ones who need correction before we are able to correct others.

Blessings...South

This is true. Judge not lest you be judged.

[~Shalhevet~]

I think that we should all be open to correction. But I think it is very important that we check our own hearts and know what our motivation is before we correct anyone. For after all, motives are weighed by the Lord and He is the only one who sees the hearts of men.

I personally have to ponder things a hundred times before I call somebody's attention about something really serious, and I have to ask myself, "Am I correcting this person because of love or because I'm just irritated and will not have any more of it, or because I think I know better?"

When I know my heart isn't right (and I personally think we all know when our heart is not right), then I refrain and ask God to correct me first. Sometimes we are the ones who need correction before we are able to correct others.

Blessings...South