Gods People Must Rebuke Sin. Leviticus 19:17,18 - Love your neighbor as yourself, do not hate him. This love does not mean we should tolerate his sins. It means rebuke him, but dont seek personal vengeance. We are not seeking to hurt the person, we want to help him. Hate the sin, but love the sinner. Proverbs 17:15 - He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord. People may want us to justify the wicked, but if we do, we are an abomination to the Lord. We must hate what God hates. Mark 10:21,22 - Jesus told the rich young ruler that he needed to change if he wanted eternal life (v17). This is the very thing that people tell us we should not do, if we have the love of Christ. But Christ Himself often did it, and the reason given is that He loved the man! Revelation 3:19 -Jesus said, As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. It is true that we need to love like Jesus loved. But that love will not lead us to keep quiet about sin; it will lead us to rebuke sin in love like He did. [Ephesians 4:15; 5:11; James 5:19,20; Prov. 27:5,6; 28:23; Jer. 23:16,17,21,22; 44:4; 2 Cor. 2:4; Ezek. 16:2]
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:08:46 +0000
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