My 2026 Theme Verses: Psalms 145:4-7 (ESV) One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Making someone sorrow ... on purpose - 2 Corinthians 6-8
Have you ever purposely made someone feel sorrowful for something they have done? Have you ever deliberately called someone out on the carpet for a sin that they did? I doubt if we have spent much time correcting somone else for a sin in their life. In Matthew 7 we are told by Christ to not point the speak in someone else's eye when we have an entire piece of timber in our own. So, evern though in Galatians 6:1 we are told to "restore someone who is caught in a trespress" we are all hesitant to do so. However, in 2 Corinthians 7 we see the results of Paul's correction of the man in 1 Corinthians 2, who was having a sexual affair with his step-mother. Paul is 'sorry" he made the Church at Corinth sorrowful for writing a letter to correct the sinner he was hoping to restore. So, we see in 1 Corinthians 2 Paul practicing his instruction of Galatians 6 and the results of that follow-through in 2 Corinthians 7. Paul, like us, doesn't feel good making another person sorrowful. But, he also knows that it is a necessary part of the Body function. We are to confront others in a loving manner and we are to restore them. God is honored when we do so. It may not please others when we confront them over sin but it is pleasing to God.
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