I wasnt going to say anything but I am.
I have thought about situations like this. I believe we all have a right to correct a brother or sister. People talk about judging but I believe Christians can be judge by Christians. The bible talks about the spiritual brother or sister going to his brother or sister. I think you must be lead though in how you handle some situations. Sometimes its better to keep your mouth closed and pray and sometimes you need to say something. Some people dont know they are doing wrong and some do.
We all know when we got evil in our hearts even if we dont want to admitt it or not. David knew he was wrong for taking another mans wife but he needed someone to actually come to him and correct him. You need that wake up call sometimes. Satan has a way of "deceiving" people.
Many people down the Apostolic church for the old school methods of dealing with sin but the longer I live I see why they did it. You might not always agree with it but they did what they thought was right. The same way many of our parents did coming up. There were times when they whipped us when they should have used a different punishment but it kept some of us out of trouble. The old mothers when they saw you were practicng sin had no problem saying you aint saved.
Now we have an excuse for everyone.
I think many people are going to be disappointed when the Lord comes back because they couldnt get it together. I have seen a few brothers in church just run through a number of sisters since I have been saved. Im not talking about a mistake but a pattern. Some have even told me dirty secrets to confide in me but I have realized some just use that as a way to relive that moment or hoping I would tell someone else to spread gossip. I tried counseling some I guess you can say but to no avail. So I just prayed about it.
One thing that really gets me though, even before I got saved, is guys who dog out good sisters. They have girl friends and then I go hang out with them and they are talking about getting with another female on the side or they are actually hollering at another female. As I say again this is not a one time event. I started getting into the dont judge movement in church but I said forget that. I confront the brothers now. Im like I thought you had a girlfriend and they just shrug it off. Any give the new age excuse. We all got faults God is still working on me. I can tell you how many times I have heard this rather than saying I know Im wrong.
I think its better to correct a brother or sister early if you see them in a fault. If God has to come to you with a word more than likely its not going to be good. I rather someone tell me Im wrong than to hear the dreaded "God wants me to tell you...
I had to do something like that before. I told a frienf God wanted me to separate myself from him because he was about to take him through some stuff. And it was mostly from the things he was doing. I cant remember how many years later but he came back to me and said what I told him was the truth.
I know I wrote alot but I say if you know these people are up to no good say something to them. If they reject you shake the dust off your feet. I know Im going to probably get beef but Im like superman with a lead suit on right now.
