What's A Sign of Spiritual Maturity? Being Able to Get Through a Rebuke/Correction Without Being Overly Offended That You Don't Miss Truth & Revelation That God Is Trying to Speak to You. ๐
As y'all know in these last days people are so easily offended. The moment their little feelings are hurt, they're ready to go full throttle attack mode cancel on you!!
Even many "Christians", when faced with a rebuke, instead of humbling themselves and receiving a message they attempt to cancel or discredit the messenger. Sometimes they even misuse the "do not judge" passage and others or say "You're not walking in love" because they're too sensitive and they live in their feelings instead of walking in truth.
Jesus often said things to people in a rebuke that today many "Christians" would try and cancel Him for.
Jesus often spoke harsh rebukes to His own disciples. One instance is "O faithless and perverse generation." (Matthew 17:17) He told Peter "Get thee behind me Satan." (Matthew 16:23) Another time He basically told Him Don't worry about John's relationship with Me, worry about your own relationship with Me (John 21:22) A disciple that wanted to first bury his father before following Him, Jesus told Him "Follow Me, and Let the dead bury the dead." (Matthew 8:22) He pretty much told "Martha, Martha" to chill out and be more like your sister. (Luke 10:41-42) Jesus even said to His own Momma, "Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me?"๐ฏ
Jesus often said things that people would consider harsh, insensitive maybe even unloving & uncaring by today's standards. But We know that Jesus is Love and everything He does is from a place of love. So, the problem isn't in the delivery of the rebuke. The problem is in the exorbitantly amount of pride in people's hearts that make them believe that they can't be in error.
Jesus was, is and always will be concerned about getting Spiritual truths to us so we can walk in freedom, boldness, power and authority. It would be unloving and unfruitful For Him to coddle us in our flesh because we have the tendency to be easily offended.
[Corey Reynolds]
Galatians 4:16 ... Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
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