Have You Ever Been Accused of Being Negative for Correcting Someone?

I was once called negative because I correct believers. My answer to them was, that the good does not need fixing.

Praising people for doing what is already the right thing only flatters and builds pride.

Encouragement is when we agree with what is right, but this is not flattery or praise.

Agreeing with what is right brings closeness to someone as we walk together in oneness both seeking the same God and His truth.

However, correction brings us back to right thinking according to God's Word. Those who cannot be corrected without feeling angry are full of pride and cannot learn.

Hebrews 3:12-13 "12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."

Hebrews 10:24

"And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds."

May we become so in love with Jesus Christ that correction from His Word is a joy and pleasure!!!