Don't
Speak Evil
Against
Each Other,
Dear
Brothers And Sisters.
Scripture
James
4
11 Don’t
speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you
criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging
God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it
applies to you.
12 God
alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save
or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?
Observation
A
critical and condemning spirit does not come from God … my job is
to be obedient to the Lord and live my life humbly before Him. There
is always the danger of thinking that I am right and everybody else
is wrong. It is called having a critical spirit.
Is
it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
Colossians
4:6
Let
your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may
know how ye ought to answer every man.
Psalm
19:14
14 May
the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Proverbs
12:18
Careless
words stab like a sword, but wise words bring healing.
Matthew
7:3-5
4 How
can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of
that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your
own eye?
5 Hypocrite!
First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well
enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.
Application
I
will focus on building people up and not tearing people down.
How
about you? Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
1
Thessalonians 5:11
11 So
encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already
doing.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, help me to focus on ways to help people and encourage them
and not find fault with them. I am a sinner just like they are. I am
broken just like they are. Help me to point them to Jesus. May
the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to
you, O Lord,
my rock and my redeemer.
Daily
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 29,30,31; James 4
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