James 5:16 (NKJV) Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
We, followers of Christ, form a body. We are many different parts, operating as one unit.
Or at least that’s how God intends for us to work… in unity, as one. He commanded us to confess our sins to each other, to help each other through the rough times in our lives.
Sadly, though, this doesn’t happen as often as it should. We find ourselves afraid to confess anything to each other, for fear of being judged or made an outcast.
And many of us are also guilty of being the ones who judge those who make mistakes and are honest enough to make it known to others. We all make mistakes; every single one of us. Some mistakes (poor choices) that we make might seem worse than others, but in reality it’s all sin in God’s eyes.
The sad part is that when sin gets categorized like this, some of us tend to look at some people as being worse than others, due simply to the category their sin happens to fall in.
Let’s stop putting sin (and people) into categories and causing division within the body of Christ. Instead, let’s start praying for each other, lifting each other up and supporting each other.
This is what God intended for us to do and how to treat each other.
John 13:34-35 (NKJV) 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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