Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Do we care enough to say something ?

Math 18.15
15"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16 But 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.' 17 If 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.
Do you really love them enough
All of us know some christian friend that falls into this category. I'm not talking about those who have a repented heart for things they find themselves involved in but those who have one of two things:
1. move across the threshold of guilt
Yes, it is possible to start off with sinning and then feel guilty and carrying on until one day we sin and woopa ...that guilt feeling is so diminished that it has no influence on our conscience. It's become our experience...desensitized ....results in being deceived
2. Ignorance is bliss
Well we're all growing together in the things of God, and in the process there are things we've brought into this new relationship like customs, activities and habits of the past. They seem, on the surface, morally fine and acceptable because perhaps they are not hurting anyone but in reality, they're not of CHRIST. Sometimes these things can point to our character ..."Bad character is shortage of Godly input" ... results in self estimation
Do we really care enough ......then say something to them !!!
And lets do it in a way that honors them

TO BE CONTINUED....