The NXR Podcast - December 05, 2022


DAILY TRUTH - Stop Avoiding Confrontation

Topics
confrontation
Hosted by
Joel Webbon Harrison Smith Antonio Griffith Dale Partridge Wewsley Todd Calvin Robinson
Mentioned
Jesus Christ
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Episode Stats


Length

4 minutes

Words per minute

184.2

Word count

842

Sentence count

50


Summary

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In this episode, Pastor Tim talks about how we are called to boldly confront ideas and doctrines that contradict the Word of God and how we can boldly confront them. We can be bold in confronting and rebuking those who challenge the truth of God's Word.

Transcript

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00:00:00 Hey guys, real quick, before we get started, I have a small request.
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00:00:19 Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone,
00:00:22 but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
00:00:25 You're listening to Daily Truth.
00:00:27 this again is the apostle paul is a human author writing to titus who is another young pastor like
00:00:35 timothy he says he that that being an elder must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught so
00:00:42 that he may be able to give instruction and sound doctrine and also here it is to rebuke those who
00:00:48 contradict it and and notice in this regard it's not just saying rebuke that which contradicts it
00:00:55 but those, that being certain doctrines, but in this particular context, those being certain
00:01:00 persons who are ultimately peddling those certain doctrines that are contradicting the truth of
00:01:06 God's word. And the word here is rebuke. It's a strong word. That doesn't mean mean-spirited,
00:01:14 that doesn't mean a sinfully harsh rebuke, but it is firm. It is bold. It is courageous. It is a
00:01:21 confrontation. There are times as elders and as all followers of Jesus that we are called clearly
00:01:28 in scripture to boldly confront, and not just confronting ideas, but also at times confronting
00:01:34 people. We should do this for the glory of God, the good of the sheep, and we should do it with
00:01:40 a heart that desires for the individual that we happen to be confronting to ultimately be
00:01:45 won over. We don't want to just win the argument. We want to win the person. However, we recognize,
00:01:53 last thing I'll say on this particular qualification, we recognize that in some cases,
00:01:56 we may not win the person. But we very likely, if God would be so gracious, may win all the
00:02:03 bystanders. We might win those who are standing there, witnessing this confrontation. I think
00:02:11 that's why things like debate, even a Christian debating atheists and things like that is really
00:02:17 fruitful. And I've rarely seen in a public debate where the atheist at the end of it gives his life
00:02:23 to Jesus Christ. I haven't seen that, but I have seen and heard testimonies where those in the
00:02:31 audience might have been won over. So maybe not necessarily the individual who is publicly being
00:02:37 confronted and confronting back, but maybe those who are standing by and watching.
00:02:42 And when we think in terms of love, in terms of gentleness, because when it comes to charging
00:02:46 and confronting and rebuking, these kinds of things, it's difficult for us at times to
00:02:51 have a biblical category for this, because we feel as though, we know it's in the scripture,
00:02:55 we know there is a time and a place to rebuke.
00:02:57 The funny thing is just every time a rebuke is given, we always, I mean, it's uncanny.
00:03:02 So we all recognize this is biblical language.
00:03:04 There is a time to rebuke.
00:03:05 But what I've witnessed in my personal pastoral experience, every time that a rebuke is given,
00:03:11 although we would all acknowledge that there is a time and place for it,
00:03:14 every time a rebuke is given, everybody says that was neither the time or the place.
00:03:18 So I always wonder, you know, in theory, you guys are telling me that you see it in Scripture,
00:03:23 and it's a biblical category, and there is a time and place, and yet every time it's done,
00:03:29 the response tends to be, that wasn't the time and place.
00:03:31 So I begin to wonder if perhaps you're holding a category biblically in theory,
00:03:37 but denying it in practice, which would be disobedience to God's word.
00:03:41 That's a rebuke.
00:03:43 And I think this is the time and the place.
00:03:45 So I want you to receive that humbly.
00:03:47 And maybe if the shoe fits, wear it and repent.
00:03:50 Feel that conviction.
00:03:51 If it doesn't, then just let it slide off your back.
00:03:54 It's not for you.
00:03:55 But if it's for you, consider that.
00:03:57 Pray about that and think, okay, I say there's a time and place for this,
00:04:00 but every time it occurs, I'm always kind of upset about it. Do I actually believe there's
00:04:04 a time and place for it? And begin to consider that. Wrestle with the scripture. Wrestle with
00:04:09 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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