The NXR Podcast - DAILY TRUTH - Stop Avoiding Confrontation

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00:00:19.600 Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone,

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00:00:27.140 this again is the apostle paul is a human author writing to titus who is another young pastor like

00:00:35.400 timothy he says he that that being an elder must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught so

00:00:42.040 that he may be able to give instruction and sound doctrine and also here it is to rebuke those who

00:00:48.800 contradict it and and notice in this regard it's not just saying rebuke that which contradicts it

00:00:55.440 but those, that being certain doctrines, but in this particular context, those being certain

00:01:00.800 persons who are ultimately peddling those certain doctrines that are contradicting the truth of

00:01:06.620 God's word. And the word here is rebuke. It's a strong word. That doesn't mean mean-spirited,

00:01:14.540 that doesn't mean a sinfully harsh rebuke, but it is firm. It is bold. It is courageous. It is a

00:01:21.560 confrontation. There are times as elders and as all followers of Jesus that we are called clearly

00:01:28.140 in scripture to boldly confront, and not just confronting ideas, but also at times confronting

00:01:34.800 people. We should do this for the glory of God, the good of the sheep, and we should do it with

00:01:40.460 a heart that desires for the individual that we happen to be confronting to ultimately be

00:01:45.760 won over. We don't want to just win the argument. We want to win the person. However, we recognize,

00:01:53.060 last thing I'll say on this particular qualification, we recognize that in some cases,

00:01:56.940 we may not win the person. But we very likely, if God would be so gracious, may win all the

00:02:03.500 bystanders. We might win those who are standing there, witnessing this confrontation. I think

00:02:11.300 that's why things like debate, even a Christian debating atheists and things like that is really

00:02:17.480 fruitful. And I've rarely seen in a public debate where the atheist at the end of it gives his life

00:02:23.920 to Jesus Christ. I haven't seen that, but I have seen and heard testimonies where those in the

00:02:31.440 audience might have been won over. So maybe not necessarily the individual who is publicly being

00:02:37.920 confronted and confronting back, but maybe those who are standing by and watching.

00:02:42.080 And when we think in terms of love, in terms of gentleness, because when it comes to charging

00:02:46.580 and confronting and rebuking, these kinds of things, it's difficult for us at times to

00:02:51.040 have a biblical category for this, because we feel as though, we know it's in the scripture,

00:02:55.300 we know there is a time and a place to rebuke.

00:02:57.880 The funny thing is just every time a rebuke is given, we always, I mean, it's uncanny.

00:03:02.720 So we all recognize this is biblical language.

00:03:04.700 There is a time to rebuke.

00:03:05.600 But what I've witnessed in my personal pastoral experience, every time that a rebuke is given,

00:03:11.060 although we would all acknowledge that there is a time and place for it,

00:03:14.120 every time a rebuke is given, everybody says that was neither the time or the place.

00:03:18.020 So I always wonder, you know, in theory, you guys are telling me that you see it in Scripture,

00:03:23.740 and it's a biblical category, and there is a time and place, and yet every time it's done,

00:03:29.220 the response tends to be, that wasn't the time and place.

00:03:31.700 So I begin to wonder if perhaps you're holding a category biblically in theory,

00:03:37.080 but denying it in practice, which would be disobedience to God's word.

00:03:41.360 That's a rebuke.

00:03:43.380 And I think this is the time and the place.

00:03:45.320 So I want you to receive that humbly.

00:03:47.800 And maybe if the shoe fits, wear it and repent.

00:03:50.760 Feel that conviction.

00:03:51.700 If it doesn't, then just let it slide off your back.

00:03:54.620 It's not for you.

00:03:55.400 But if it's for you, consider that.

00:03:57.120 Pray about that and think, okay, I say there's a time and place for this,

00:04:00.840 but every time it occurs, I'm always kind of upset about it. Do I actually believe there's

00:04:04.760 a time and place for it? And begin to consider that. Wrestle with the scripture. Wrestle with

00:04:09.820 the Spirit of God with that. And if need be, then repent. And if not, then let's move on to

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The NXR Podcast - December 05, 2022

DAILY TRUTH - Stop Avoiding Confrontation

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