09/08/2023
📝PAG Kumi NoticeBoard📌 Wednesdays 9th & Thursday 10th August 2023.
Topic: KEEP AWAY FROM CHARACTER ASSASSINATION!
Text:James 4:11 American Standard Bible.
Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or judges his brother or sister, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
Today we will talk about rumour mongering, slandering, backbiting, backstabbing, speaking against another, false accusations, etc. This is an existing issue in and outside the church today.
Our lead scripture assures us not to speak evil against one another.
People sit in teams, some in groups, others two by two, on phone,on radio, on WhatsApp, or even physically.
Others speak and bring it in form of a prayer request, while some use signs and or body language eg using their eyes, lips, I know you understand what I am talking about.
It is wrong and the word of God warns us against it.
Fellow Christians end up speaking against one another. This is what James was warnig the church against.
One mistake you should never make in life, is to allow yourself to be recruited by someone, to speak evil of another person.
Hear this: “ We must avoid taking hasty conclusions because of what others are saying about someone else.."
Deal with log in your eye instead of speaking evil against others. Sometimes even for nothing or no reason or could be something minor.
We are all unique created in the image of God.
Some things talked about in most cases are somebody's height, weight, age, dressing code, walking style,family issues, and more and more the list is endless.
Don't do that instead,go to your brother or sister in love and speak to him about what is hurting you in love. This is called walking in the light. Will you walk in the light as opposed to speaking evil of others?
What people say about others, says a lot about them. I am repeating this more direct