Biblical Principles of rebuking

[Blood Stained Soul]

Fellow Saints,

May HIM who is able keep all of you! As Christians we at times tend to want to go rough shod in front of any and everyone on someone(I have been guilty of this) in order to "correct" a person. What does the Word teaches us about the art of rebuking? Jesus set the standard for rebuking in the Gospels. Let us examine some scriptures:

Matthew 18:15-17:

A Brother Who Sins Against You

15"If your brother sins against you,[2] go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'[3] 17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Notice the order the Lord gave us when we fall in contention with our brother. We must first go to him ourselves in PRIVATE and that if he does not listen then to bring another Saint..etc...notice the public rebuke is reserved for last and is still done in front of Saints. I think we fall into problems because we do not follow the Lords guidelines. Now you might ask how does one do such online?

First send a one on one private email to the one who has offended you(if one or more party is involved it would be wise to send copy to spouse, since their one flesh the one one one still applys)

If they do not respond in repentence, etc, we can involve a trusted Saint to get involved...

Then as a last resort we, say on these Boards, bring it up to board to help out...

1Timothy 5:20:Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that the others may take warning.

This concerns Elders, Pastors, Church Leadership and does not concern an offending Brother(unless its last resort time). This scripture when seen in light of the whole text is talking about immoral leaders who need to be brought in front of the Church. Like a Pastor engaged in an affair need to be brought in front of congregation to be rebuked and dismissed. Then others will be warned that that example should not be followed.

Titus 1:13:This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith

When looking at the whole text you will see that this is talking about false teachers who need to have their doctrine corrected so as to be sound in faith. It is not talking about an offending Brother, they are to be done so with love and not rudeness...AMEN!

This I believe is our guidelines for rebuking as outlined by the Word. I look forward to your responses...

[Guest shadow2b]

-NOW--just WHY do YOU want to TEACH US--Worthy-boards about HOW to REBUKE anyone?

[Guest Bride of Christ]

Greetings in Christ Jesus!

Thank you, BSS, for the reminder on this. So often we forget that even on boards like this one, there is a guideline on how to correct and/or rebuke a Brother or Sister. Even here, at Worthy Boards, there are ways to correctly go about this. Thank you once again, for that reminder that we all could use!

Blessings...

[nebula]

This I believe is our guidelines for rebuking as outlined by the Word. I look forward to your responses...

Awwww . . . but throwing pies is so much more fun . . . !

:oww: :glasses: :alien:

(Err . . . you do know the history of such around here, don't you? :whistle: )

[angels4u]

BSS

Please tell me that you didn't post this with "Worthy Board" in mind?

[eric]

wot angels

We are all too nice to rebuke anyone publicly on Worthy boards. If I think Shadow2b,gary is a pumpkin head, I'll call him a pumpkin head..and then I duck cuz I hate blueberry pie. But my kiwi loves them

[Guest yod]

And if that method doesn't work...I smack 'em in the behonkus!!! :oww:

[traveller]

eric! Is that a kiwi really? You're doing pictures!!! WooHoo!!!! Look at you now, all high tech and all. :oww: :glasses:

[Guest LadyC]

and here i thought a kiwi was a kind of FRUIT! :oww:

[eric]

Hey Trav and LadyC sometimes I wonder at myself. It's only taken me a couple of years to find out how do do this stuff and I have the patience of IR to thank for that. LOL I've even got a pie up my sleeve for Gary and Ronald. YeeeHaaah I'm only starting. There is a fruit called kiwi fruit, was originally called chinese gooseberry. Hey with all my new knowledge I might be able to find a picture of one.

You ladies have a beaut day in the Lord.

eric.