Aug 29 2009
August 29, 2009
Reading for today: Ruth 4:1-12 and 2 Thess. 3:13
“Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.” 2 Thess. 3:15
Paul’s instruction to the church at Thessalonica regarding addressing disobedience and bad behavior in the church is to recognize it and confront it with love. A failure to apply verse 15 to correction within the church body may prevent restoration, bring about bad feelings and, ultimately, result in a poor witness to the world. Christ continues to love the sinning Christian even as God applies discipline; shouldn’t we demonstrate the same attitude toward our brethren?
