This week’s message was entitled “When to Bring Correction”. From Matthew 7:1-5 we heard that the way we respond to sin should testify to God’s power, and this should distinguish us as Christians. In order to better understand the implications of this, consider these questions:
- Do you naturally lean more towards the talk radio extreme (being opinionated) or the relativistic extreme (not wanting to disagree)?
- When are you most tempted to pass judgment? How could the instruction of Matthew 7:1-5 help you with this?
- When those closest to you sin or fail, what do they first encounter from you, mercy or judgment? How could you grow in extending mercy?
- When you bring correction to others, how often do you spend time examining your own heart first? How might this affect the correction that you bring?
When it comes to our friends and family, let’s pray that God would help us to faithfully bring correction that is an expression of mercy, not judgement - reflecting the mercy that we have been shown.
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