Thursday, July 13, 2017

Removing Responsibility Causes Sin to Grow

Forgiving someone who is not repentant is taking on their responsibility for them. We remove their need to confess and stop the abusive behavior whether verbal, emotional or physical, we absolve them of their responsibility, thereby creating a bigger monster that feels completely empowered to increase their abuse.

Our influence over people does not have to do with manipulative tactics of flattery, but rather with the example in our own lives that they will observe. They will think of God the way they think of us. When we act as though they have no responsibility in their actions, that all is forgiven no matter how terrible they were, then they will see God as One who is not angry with sin, doesn't care that they do it and is just fine with continued sin.

Satan loves this method of dealing with mean people, allowing them to grow unconstrained in their evil, brings on more abuse and greater harm to those who are targets and specifically believers.

We must stop thinking that we can "fix" others through merely being friendly to them.

Isaiah 26:10 " 10 Though the wicked is shown favor, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD."

We may think we are being kind through forgiveness to the perp, but it actually ends up being mean to the victims and unhelpful to the perp.

Proverbs 26:5-7 "…5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. 7 A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.…"

Understanding the victim allows us to carry one another's wounds. Also giving them the skill to either handle the perp or remove themselves.

Galatians 6:2-3 "2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the Law of Christ. 3 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.…"

We are not responsible for another person's emotional well being or their salvation. We are to act in ways that are in line with God's Word and His principles, beyond that, God is ultimately responsible for the reactions or actions of others.

Let me end by saying that the Psychological industry has done more harm in this country than anything else. It has managed to silence good people from telling the truth, in favor of allowing wicked people to speak and do all they choose without challenge.

This mentality of "just be friendly, will lead people to God", is not the gospel, lacks rebuke, warning and correction, always allowing evil to grow while quenching and silencing righteousness.

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