But if you (whoever you might be) are practicing sin and you are judging some one else who has a similar sin or sins. Your judging that person with unrighteous judgment, because you have a log in your eye and your trying to remove the speck in your brother’s eye. First take the log out of your eye then you will be qualified to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

I’d rather be anointed with God’s Spirit today.

In 2 Tim 4, Paul charges Timothy to preach the Word. He goes on to say that this involves three things– 1) reprove, 2) rebuke, and 3) exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Two of those activities are pretty negative in connotation. The exhortation part implies a coming along beside. We forget that if preaching is Biblical, it will incorporate these aspects–all three. And all three require great patience (perseverence) and sound doctrine. By the way, sound doctrine in the next verse implies healthful. Not everything that is healthful goes down easily. That’s why folks are tending to not stand for sound doctrine.

Good post! God bless.

I had very much the same kind of thing happen to me with two longtime friends, a pastor and his wife who were following the prophetic movement and getting way off base with the word of God. They wanted to teach at a Bible study we used to host in my business office about the latest radical craziness they were involved in. They got upset when I explained to them privately, and as tactfully as possible that we felt this movement was off base, and why, and they have not spoken to us since.

I’ve found there is a cost for following Jesus when you have to stand for God’s truth, instead of what people want you to believe. I am just now coming to understand what His ministry on this earth must have cost Christ in relationships. No spouse, no children, few friends, no comfortable home, nothing that we modern day Christians think is our right. He gave up everything we hold dear to carry out God’s will.

It hurts to lose valued friends, and I pray our friends someday will come to see that we had their best long time interests at heart. I hope that for you and your friend too.

John 5:30“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. (ESV)

When we judge with righteous judgment it must be in the WILL of our Father, and for the glory of Him. Not our will, our ministries, or our agenda.

But we must judge righteously as we need to, according ONLY to scripture. In the scripture, the gospel, you will find the WILL of our Father…….

I think the scripture here is pretty clear, and speaks great volume for itself.

God Bless.

I agree.. I recently responded to an e-mail that I recieved and I felt that my response was with honesty and truthfulness (which I thought was in true love of Christ) and thought that a true friendship with the person that sent me the e-mail could take that honesty. After his response, I discovered that it couldn’t take the honesty and after explaning myself, that because of my “love” for the word and what it said about the matter, that I felt I needed to be upfront with him. I even apologized 4 times in the e-mail. The next response was even worse. So as you say above, let the chips fall where they may is what I need to do. I was at peace about it in my conscience when I originally responded.

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