Matthew 22:36-38
36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" 37 And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment.
How do you confront people about their sin? All throughout the Bible, people’s disobedience leads to death. Sin, like poison or nuclear waste, isn’t something to play around with. But how do you talk to someone about it without being high and mighty or judgmental?
The verses above make it so much easier to have the right approach. When I confront someone, I have to remember how much I break the greatest command. I’m not a good person condescending to a bad one; I’m a recovering law-breaker working at loving better. I speak from love of God that is newly growing in my heart, always hopeful of the same process in my friend.
Prayer prompt: Lord, teach me to speak with truth and love to my brothers and sisters in sin.