Posted on 06/19/2012 4:47:24 PM PDT by workerbee
“even harder to hold each other accountable.”
I totally agree with everything you said, but holding others accountable should not be hard if we reject the politically correct notion that Christians should always be “tolerant” and not offend others.
John the Baptist called the pharisees “A brood of vipers”. Jesus was not being gentle when He fashioned a whip and cleared the temple of the moneychangers.
2 Timothy 3:16 says “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,”
Jesus said (Luke 17:2) It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
People who reject Christianity because they choose to live a Godless life are not really going to cause an immature believer to stumble.
People who claim to be Christians, but pervert God’s word by condoning sinful lifestyles should be rebuked. It’s for their own good, and others they may influence.
Sometimes its an act of love to tell someone truth they really do not want to hear.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer said that failure to speak out against evil is evil itself. There are certain situations where blunt, direct words and “tough love” actions are required.
Unfortunately, these actions do not fit the false “warm and fuzzy” politically correct image of our Lord that is prevalent in our society.
On the other hand, we must be careful not to proof-text an image of Jesus like a drill sergeant ranting and chewing out everyone He encounters to convict them of their sins.
Amen to that—sometimes Christians give Christians a bad name! And, to our shame, history has too many instances to prove that, too. If we could all be like John the Baptist, and never waiver...or as adamant as Paul once we are transformed by the Light! But you are so right in saying that we can’t be drill sergeants about it, cuz that will definitely turn away those we need to reach. Knowing what to say and when is very important.
I'd assume living with the Kardashians would induce mental illness in 97% of the male population.
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