In politics … Matthew 18:15-17 may be one of the most important verses to remember and reflect upon. It is for us personally. The lies and rumors spread by so many … so many that come from the Christian community … are frankly dumbfounding.
We simply can’t lie. Do not speak ill in the shadows. Seek to correct actions and sins … don’t seek to amplify and exaggerate them … or worse use false rumors and gossip … to enrich yourself and further your self-interested agenda.
If someone else comes to you with a troubling story … run it to ground. Go straight to the source. Find out if it is true. Ask the subject of the “rumor” and find out if it is true … or if the person who told it to you is a perpetrator. You may lose friends. But you cannot condone gossip.
And if the “rumor” is a lie … go to your brother or sister and correct THEIR actions. And if they do not listen … take one or two others … and if they refuse, tell the church … and ultimately treat them as a pagan if necessary.
This is the only way to end the circle of lies that are so pervasive in politics … especially South Carolina politics. Stop it now.
“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.”
Matthew 18:15–17
To repeat from last Sunday (HERE), Pointless arguments … how often doe you get distracted by lies or half truths, manipulation, or excuses? …
Happy Sunday!