Paul Reveals His Heart
Paul is speaking directly to the Corinthian church, but there's a really good lesson to learn here. Love means telling others what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. There is a time for correction. If you are watching someone make all the wrong decisions, should you sit back & let it happen? We avoid the conflict because we don't want to offend. But that's not love. Love is telling someone they are headed for the cliff.
Now, we don't just hit someone over the head with the truth. It must never be done in harshness or because we have been offended. We correct in love, with compassion. We do it for the benefit of the other person. Never out of anger or resentment. Paul sums it up best, "but not that you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss is according without regret, leading to salvation." And honestly, what is better than salvation?
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