it's the words for sure
I mean, what does rebuke mean here?
they have not heard me rebuke. now ask my husband. he often laughs because while English is my first language, I grew up hearing alot of German and French so I mix things up some times which usually does not come across when I write.
but he has taken to laughing when I say something 'tough' (not even at him but the squirrels here (Florida there are tons of the varmints) he repeats it and when I hear how it sounds with someone else saying it, I gotta laugh too. anyway, you have to laugh at yourself sometimes
Germans are by and large pretty direct and we think nothing of it. I have noticed Americans can be pretty thin skinned haha
The dreaded internet chat board rebuke.....now selling for $19.95 and if you respond now we will give an additional rebuke, and as our special gift to you, we will include 2 smaller sized corrections to go with your 2 rebukes, all for $19.95, that is a $59 dollar value , all for $19.95...
Now seriously...the body has no clue about correction, reproof, rebuke any more, because they have placed the entire responsibility for spiritual growth on God.... that and because the Holy Spirit is just a stamp of redemption and nothing more, they cannot receive anything coming from the Holy Spirit from another person and we call it judgement, slander, lies, malice, hate, anger, bitterness, causing strife and division.
This is because under grace we are to be graceful and let each person work it out on their own....the gift of the Pastor as shepherd in your life has been lost because of many things.....A consumer of Christianize going to the mega church, the average sized church or even the house church will not allow Holy Spirit led correction in their life from a truly called shepherd, because it means they have to take accountability and responsibility for themselves spiritually where God leaves off....Post conversion is covenant relationship and that means there is God part and a man Part....but we are not taught that any more....
The root cause of this travesty stems from the lack of a Biblical truth called practical or ongoing sanctification...there is no emphasis on holiness, because it is legalism, there is no emphasis on empowering grace, because I am not truly changed until the end...there is no emphasis placed on prayer, fating and renewing the mind to the Word of God, because there is no time...
This creates weak, thin skinned Christians that are defensive and actually duped into thinking they are being passively made spiritually mature....I do not not any kind of livestock that grows to full term from eating passive grass or hay....
I am grateful for the hard way I was brought up in the faith...I hate to say it, but many today probably could not stand to be around the Apostle Paul...he was known to be direct and to the point...I withstood Cephas to his face, because he stood condemned....for what? his hypocrisy.....
You pull a Paul like that today and it would cause the church to split...because as much as people talk, they have no real walk....because true crucifying of the flesh and its passions means something has to FULLY surrender and die....and that something is you....we do not teach surrender, we teach the cross did it all...no need to go tot he tomb and be risen into newness of life...no sir, no maam...stand gazing at the cross and stay there and never actually be who God needs you to be...
The greatest leaven in the body today is that after salvation, there is no personal accountability or responsibility on your part to spiritually grow or mature.....and if you happen to be a gift to the body that teaches this....you will never , ever be voted in or asked to lead or speak....
Instead we have people in vocation and all they do each week is get the bottles of milk ready, make sure the temperature is just right for each person and pat them on the head and give them a 35 minute feel good.....