Interesting, we forget that when we do not handle sin God's way we have to continually deal with the effects of it. The sinner doesn't learn anything and will not stop, in fact over time the sinner becomes worse because they have learned that it is profitable in some way for them to continue in it.
Proverbs 19:19 "A man of great anger will bear the penalty, For if you rescue him, you will only have to do it again."
The "just love them" mantra only empowers those who walk in ...rebellion. True love is to rebuke them, if they repent then they will profit from that, if they do not repent then they go down the slippery slope of enhanced sin all by themselves, while we move away with the understanding that we cannot help those who refuse to listen.
Proverbs 19:19 "A man of great anger will bear the penalty, For if you rescue him, you will only have to do it again."
The "just love them" mantra only empowers those who walk in ...rebellion. True love is to rebuke them, if they repent then they will profit from that, if they do not repent then they go down the slippery slope of enhanced sin all by themselves, while we move away with the understanding that we cannot help those who refuse to listen.
Matthew 18:15-17 "15 “If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. 16 But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector."
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