People, especially Christians are way to silent now days. Please don’t use this post as an excuse to act like the Westboro Baptist , I would never advocate acting like them, but we should not whitewash sin either! God forgives us our sins if we ask, but here on earth we are still subject to natural laws. When we sin we hurt people. Driving drunk gets people killed. Divorce without kids breaks hearts, divorce with kids tear apart lives. Kids from broken homes are more likely to suffer abuse, abuse drugs, live in poverty….. The list of earthly consequences for sin goes on and on.
While Matthew 7:1 which is about hypocritical judging is often taken out of context to make it about all judging. I will tell you what you won’t find in the Bible, any verse that commands us not to help people. When we refuse to judge sin we by our silence are endorsing the earthly consequences that occur because of the sin. Would it not be better to talk a person into joining AA, then to stay silent until the alcoholic ends up killing someone by driving drunk and going to jail ? Is it not better to talk someone into going to a marriage councilor then to see a family split apart and a kids who feel alone in the world because they feel like one of their parents abandon them? WE MUST NOT BE SILENT!
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