I love when
Scripture makes things simple.
2 Timothy 3:16-17(NKJV)
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
that the man of God
may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
There is a meme on
FB that says something like "if you are using your religion to hurt
people, you are using it wrong" or something like that.
That is one of those
clever phrases that sounds religious until you examine it in light of the
Scripture above. It is clever in that it
tries to deflect guilt and criticism. Pointing
out that someone is acting in an immoral way is equated with "hurting
them" and therefore according to their trite little saying, you shouldn't
criticize immoral behavior.
Now compare that to
the Scripture above. One of the purposes
of Scripture is for correction. Will
correcting someone hurt their feelings?
Quite probably so. Do you see any
clause there that says "for correction unless it hurts them"? Nope.
Scripture says the
truth will set you free. The purpose of
the meme is to hide the truth and keep people enslaved by their behavior.
Does that make
sense?
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