When I say to a wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and you
do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to
save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the
wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he
will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself.
“Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness
and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die
for his sin. The righteous things he did
will not be remembered and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But
if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely
live because he took warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
Ezekiel 3:18-21
Have you ever left out part of God’s Word or sugar-coated it
so the person you were talking to would not feel bad?
I know I have and then the Lord began to work on me. If I
believe God, then I must know His Word and if I know His Word I must speak it
as Truth – all of it!
He does not say, oh it is okay if you add to my word here
and say don’t worry about it God will forgive you. God may forgive them but you
are commanded to tell them what His Word says. Then it is their decision to
continue in the sin or follow His Word.
I don’t know about you but I don’t to be held accountable
for the blood of someone I did not tell the Truth to. I believe that is why so
many churches are asleep today, why we are not seeing the power God says we
have.
This is not an easy step to take but with God’s help we
don’t have to worry or fret because He will give us His Words at the right time
and He will protect us.
““I tell you, my
friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no
more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing
of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Are
not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by
God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you
are worth more than many sparrows. “I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before
men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God. But he
who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God. And
everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone
who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. “When you are brought
before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will
defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at
that time what you should say.” Luke 12:4-12
But the Lord is
faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. II
Thessalonians 3:3
I can profess to know God, to have faith in His Word but am
I walking my talk?
Show me your faith
without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that
there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. James 2:18-19
Demons believe but they do not fear the one True God so they
keep sinning, ignoring the Word of God. We as believers, walking in faith, are
called to know God’s Word, when we know God’s Word and have a relationship with
him (making the changes we need to make during our lifetime) we are able to
help others grow in their faith and show it by their deeds.
Satan is pretty slick, he will come in and say ‘everyone is
doing it, even those in the church, so why should you lose out on the fun?’
The Bible is pretty clear on what God hates, this is just
one passage of many.
When you follow the
desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality,
impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry,
sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition,
dissension, division, envy, drunkenness,
wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have
before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of
God. Galatians 5:19-21
Now I don’t know about you but I have had to repent of
several of these things and more than once! That is why I believe we are to
tell the Truth in love. We are not to beat them over the head and neither are
we to tell them it’s okay because their
circumstance is different (if it’s in the Bible it’s not okay!).
Too many believers want people to feel sorry for them so
their ‘sin’ is lost in the emotional.
They talk bad about another person,
telling things they should not be telling and usually leaving out the part they
played in it. They have the poor me syndrome and that is not from God! We are
anything but poor once we have accepted the Lord as our Savior, repented of our
sins and started on our faith journey.
But thank God! He
gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. I
Corinthians 15:17
I know this will seem harsh to some of you, but if you are
believers you can’t pick and choose what you want from God’s Word.
I want to speak the
Truth in love, and then it is up to them to make the choice according to what
God says. Neither I nor you can make that choice for anyone, not our husbands,
our parents, our children, our friends….but we can search God’s Word and ask
Him for wisdom on how we are to act and speak so they will be drawn to God.
So make sure when the Lord has you speak to someone, write
about something, whatever He tells you to do – make sure you are doing it with
God’s love, with a true concern for them to know what God has to say.
Whatever God says to do or not to do something, He will
always give you the strength and the way, we are never alone.
How many times have I not spoken Truth to someone, or shared
my faith. Now to listen to God and see how to do this in love, not in fear, not
in Bible beating, but in genuine love because you want to see them blessed by
their Father. Because you have your Father’s heart to see them saved and not
suffer the consequences for a bad decision – a sin.
If you get attacked, let it go and trust God, love them and
pray for them. It could be the Holy
Spirit working on them, making them uncomfortable and you are just an easy
target. Again, love them and pray for them.
Then Jesus told his
disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give
up Luke 18:1
I’m grateful for the people that spoke truth to me and never
gave up praying.
It’s never too late to repent -
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to
salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death 2 Corinthians
7:10
Let Jesus release you from those chains!
