God Loves us so He hates sin.
Jesus Love us so He hates sin.
We Love Jesus so we hate sin.
We Love others so we hate sin.
If we Love others, we must learn to encourage and rebuke.
It is so difficult to rebuke others. It is so difficult to encourage others. It is so difficult to accept their judgement and to know that most of the time they harden their hearts. It is so difficult to truly Love others.
There was so much pain during the times when these words of Love came out of my mouth. It was frightening. Jesus tells us to rebuke one another in Luke 17: 3-4 (the other version in Matthew is better but I don't remember at the moment) It was a very awkward moment but it is really a big step in the relationship between my SIC and I.
I wonder why our SIC and BIC don't rebuke and encourage one another more often. I want people to rebuke me. I know I'm not perfect. I want to stare at my sin in the face and repent and ask for forgiveness from God. I want to constantly be transformed to become the image of Christ. I'm sure other SIC and BIC feel this way too. Sometimes it is painful at first to see what is being placed as an idol in our lives but in the end it is all for the best because God transforms us when we are able to let go of these sins. To initiate putting it to death, we have to identify it first.
AH! REBUKE ONE ANOTHER! Then encourage some (ex: giving some ideas of how to lay sin/idols at God's feet).
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