I have had people tell me I was condemning them when all I was doing was correcting them. In our narcissistic generation any show of disapproval at all is seen as total condemnation of the person as a whole. Angela Provancher makes a very good point in the following statements.
Angela Provancher wrote:
"People love to toss out the verses "judge not" and "he who is without sin cast the first stone', when someone tries, in love, to correct someone in error, Where that verse is misunderstood is that when the woman was caught in adultery, the Pharisees were all to quick to want to condemn her to death by stoning, as was commonplace for the times back then. Jesus did not condemn the woman, He convicted her, but did not condemn her. Problem is that people confuse conviction or correction with condemnation, or they construe that conviction of the Holy Spirit (which stings make no mistake) with being condemned. We are to correct and restore when we find a brother or sister in error, and we should be just as willing to accept correction. We are to hold each other accountable.."
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