In my life, I have tried reproving men in leadership on more than one occasion. These times were accompanied by prayer and genuine concern for that person. Proverbs 9:8 says, “Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you, reprove a wise man, and he will love you”.
Unfortunately, a couple of these times I was not met with love, but anger, accusations and deception. What is that? These were men that I loved and labored with in the ministry, men that I thought would respond in love and acceptance due to our relationship. Certainly, when you rebuke a scoffer or a nonbeliever, it results in anything but love, that is a given. But when you reprove a brother, there should be humility on his part to consider the reproof and act with wisdom.
This proverb is a tell-tale sign of who is wise and who is not. These men were very appealing and excellent teachers, well liked and thought of as anointed. We need to be careful about who we follow; someone can be quite well known and yet lack wisdom and humility.
To be continued
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