07/15/2023
“The Lord hates six things; in fact, seven are detestable to him: arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet eager to run to evil, a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.”
Proverbs 6:16-19 CSB
https://bible.com/bible/1713/pro.6.19.CSB
As believers we pick and choice what we think are wrong and right! Who are we to judge?
Gods word says ”not one is righteous”
“All have sinned”, “our best is filthy rags”!
But it also says, this gives us no excuse to keep living a life of sin.
But tonight I want to point out,we neglect a sin God calls, one of the detestable sins or deadly sins. The word calls it something the lord hates.
The one I want to point out is Gossip!
As the word says it: a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.
As believers we are called to be peace makers!
As a friend of mine told me the other day,if we are in a relationship together communication isn’t optional it’s owed!
If we are brothers, we aren’t meant to tier each other down but to come to one another and work out our differences in truth, not to spread lies or half truths. We owe it to each other to hear each other out, but for some reason we neglect this sin, and tier our brothers apart without even hearing their side, or even checking to see if what we heard is false or truth.
Why?
James says all fighting comes from a selfish desire inside of ourselves.
Because we are sinners.
We can make a choice to live a selfish life or a selfless life.
We can choice to hate what God hates or to love this world.
Idk about you but I choice to hate gossip, and what tiers down my fellow brother.
I make the choice to build lives, not tier them down!
God bless!
Sure Foundation
a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.