Shallow believers judge us as unloving for encouraging people to seek holiness and righteousness. They also use excuses that we might discourage a new believer if we tell them the truth. I say, what good have we done if we endorse sin by saying nothing. God gave us the job of teaching truth all the time to everyone. Also we are led by the Holy Spirit, unless we have silenced the Holy Spirit by walking in fear of human rejection. God will not speak to those who place people above the principles of Christ.
If someone is discouraged and chased away by truth then they were never born again. Truth ought to draw believer toward Christ.
God never said to remain silent and allow the Holy Spirit to reach new believers. He told us to speak, teach and preach His Word to one another.
2 Timothy 4:2-3 "2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.…"
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