"Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge." James 4:11
This has got to be one of the hardest things for most people. You mean we shouldn't say anything negative about each other? I don't know about y'all, but sometimes people get on my nerves so bad that I feel a need to get all the negatives I feel about them out of my system verbally. Usually I feel the need to vent with a friend or loved one. However great doing this may feel to me, according to scripture, it is not the right thing to do.
The Father has left clear instructions for us to follow concerning how we speak about each other. From what I read in this passage, there is no room for negative speaking about a person - especially behind their back, ie (backbiting). Ewww! that sounds horrible! No one wants to be called a backbiter, least of all someone striving to be the best son or daughter of God they can be. But the truth is, friends, when we do these things, that's exactly what we become.
If you read James 4 in it's entirity, you will find that much of our need to do such things is to feed our own fleshly desires. Our number one desire is to feed our "pride". The human flesh always wants to feel like we're on top! We are fed constantly by the media to put ourselves first and to always make sure we win in every situation. And when I say win - I mean in a worldly way. Doesn't matter who you step on to get what you want and where you want to go.
This is not the Godly way to behave. Which brings me back to speaking evil against your brother (or sister). It's just unacceptable before The Father. The Word tells us to go to that brother if we have a grudge and speak to them. But, when you speak, you should speak the truth in love. You must not speak in a way to cut a person down or to hurt their feelings. More often than not, we don't even need to speak to that person, we just need to forgive and go on. Sometimes we need to let that relationship go if that person's spirit is of such that it continually causes you to want to verbalize negatively about them.
We must learn to do that which many of us find so very hard to do. We must be quiet and seek The Father's direction. Sometimes it's best to just say, "nothing". Much peace and respect to each and every one of you!
Going Before the King
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*Esther 4:16*...and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according
to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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2 comments:
First, I give honor to our Father God for blessing you with this message. May God bless you continually to provide truth.
Now, we are all guilty of this, we say some mean and terrible things about people behind their backs sometimes. This is, pure and simple, wrong. We do try to put someone else down so that we feel better about ourselves. You are so right about the "pride" demon. He seeks to destroy. Pride is just another example of things we need to get rid of. Just let go. That is what God wants us to do. We need to let go of everything so that He becomes our everything. Then we would not have time to concentrate on the small occurances where someone has offended you. God forbid they tell you they are sorry, that is the most triumphant moment of all, now you really get to plow into their feelings. Now you have the control. So instead of humbly allowing the person the forgiveness he seeks you further seek to humiliate him so that you look big. Tis human nature to beat his brother down. But it is not God's nature. He created us to love one another, not hate each other. Our flesh gets in the way of a lot. We miss out on some of the greatest things sometimes because of our pride and our feeble attempts to glorify and lift ourselves up. We miss out on the life that God designed for us for failure to truly humble ourselves and obey God. God is love. Be blessed!!
Tami,
Thanks for your uplifting words. You're right this is a very hard area for most of us. May The Father continue to bless you with words that heal.
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