Show
Mercy To Still Others,
But
Do So With Great Caution,
Hating
The Sins That Contaminate Their Lives.
Scripture
Jude
23 Rescue
others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to
still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that
contaminate their lives.
Observation
Now
you know where the saying “Hate the sin but love the sinner”
might come from but the truth is that the entire Bible teaches us to
love the sinner but hate the sin.
Remember
that you and I are sinners. We are far from perfect.
By
the way, if you see me contaminating my life with sin I want you to
rescue me. You have my permission!
Romans
5:6
6
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and
died for us sinners.
James
5
19 My
dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the
truth and is brought back,
20 you
can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering will
save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many
sins.
1
Timothy 1:15-16
15
This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the
worst of them all.
16
But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime
example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then
others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive
eternal life.
Application
My
job is not to point out the faults of others, it is not my job to
critique everyone else. I have been given the ministry of reconciling
people to Christ.
How
about you? Self righteous? Humble?
2
Corinthians 5:18
And
all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself
through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people
to him.
Matthew
7:3
“And
why worry about a speck in
your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?
Philippians
2:3
3
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble,
thinking of others as better than yourselves.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank goodness that even though You hate my sin You love me
and You can separate the two. It is hard for me and You know this
better than anyone else, to sometimes get past the lifestyle of
someone, to get past their sin to actually love them as a person.
Help me to do a better job of separating the two. Help me to have
more love, more mercy and show more compassion when I am around
someone caught up in a sinful lifestyle.
Daily
Bible Reading: Isaiah 4,5; Psalms 115,116; Jude
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