who is a christian?
I just read this post over at Eric Crouch's site, that was a quote by Charles Spurgeon talking about hypocrisy.
I want to encourage you today to love someone. If you see your brother fall. Tell him about it in a loving way.
"I am told that Christians do not love each other. I am very sorry if that be true, but I rather doubt it, for I suspect that those who do not love each other are not Christians." -Charles SpurgeonThis brings up an interesting thought. What happens in life when you get a guy/gal that goes to church every Sunday. They participate in worship, maybe in the choir. They are always leading prayer in your bible study. You look up to them so much as a model Christian for all of these works that they do. Then, you read in the paper that this person was picked up for drunken driving, or maybe they are picked up for stealing something from the local walmart. Is this person a Christian? According to Spurgeon this person is not a Christian. Maybe that isn't the whole case too. Let's look at another example. You have a Church leader who is always putting people down. Now this leader is a devote follower of Christ. I mean they read the bible every day. They serve communion. They are on 12 of the 15 committees in your church. But they never encourage someone else. They never try to lift someone up. They are always cutting down someone. Then you think. Well love isn't all about those warm fuzzies. You are right. So let's look at a third and final person. You see this person walking around the church all the time. Every time the doors open this person is in there. They are always complimenting the ladies on their dresses. They are always telling the choir that they are doing an awesome job. Way to go dude. You love people. Then he sees the church leader talking down to people. Still he goes up to that person and tells them what an awesome person they are. Then he sees the person stealing from the local walmart. Instead of confronting the issue he tells this person what a great job they did in the choir that Sunday. He leaves out the fact that they are breaking one of God's Laws. They are stealing. Part of love is telling people that they are not walking in the light.
I want to encourage you today to love someone. If you see your brother fall. Tell him about it in a loving way.
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I'm too lazy to type this plus it helps if you look these quotes about love up yourself:
1 john 3:18, 19- Show love by your actions.
1 john 4:7,8 - this is the kicker
Spurgeon also talks about our responsibility to one another in this continuance of the quote Chris posted,
"Perhaps it is the most dangerous of all positions for a man to become well known and much respected by the religious world, and yet to be rotten at the core. To be where others can observe our faults is a healthly thing, though painful; but to live with beloved friends who would not believe it possible for us to do wrong, and who, if they saw us err, would make excuses for us-this is to be where it is next to impossible for us ever to be aroused if our hearts be not right with God. To have a fair reputation and a false heart is to stand on the brink of Hell."-Charles Spurgeon.
You said, "Part of love is telling people that they are not walking in the light.
I want to encourage you today to love someone. If you see your brother fall. Tell him about it in a loving way."
Check 2 John 10, New Living Translation
"If someone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don't invite him into your house or encourage him in any way. Anyone who encourages him becomes a partner in his evil work"
This is just what you said earlier in the post about how we continue patting each other on the back while overlooking each others' sin. So by this we would be just as guilty as if we had committed it ourself.
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