Go to Offenders — Part 3
What hinders us from going to offenders? Maybe it's harboring bitterness? or maybe it's going to others who are not part of the problem or solution?
What hinders us from going to offenders? Maybe it's harboring bitterness? or maybe it's going to others who are not part of the problem or solution?
We often approach offenders with a motive of vindication — we go in anger or pride with a desire to expose them. But it’s critical that we approach straying brothers with the heart God has for them.
Going to offenders is not about condemnation — it’s about restoration.
We all have “little ones” in our lives — whether they are young children physically or those who are spiritually immature in the faith.
It's easy to believe that we need to become something great in order to be used by God. Often the reason God isn't able to use us is not because we are too weak, but because we are too strong in ourselves.
We’re often impatient with those less mature than us. But it’s so important for us to humble ourselves and realize that we are “little children” completely dependent on our Heavenly Father.
When the disciples asked Jesus “who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” they were probably not expecting Jesus to answer the way He did!
Denying self doesn't just mean abstaining from things that are obviously “bad” — it also could be things that look “good.”