People must be informed of the coming judgement of God of all sin. That is done by reading the Scriptures and preaching from them. Only through the power of the Word of God is anyone convicted of their sin and brought from spiritual death to life and godliness.
A non-Christian cannot will themselves to stop sinning. They are enslaved to sin as we all are at birth. Only the transforming power of the Holy Spirit makes us disgusted by our own bad behavior.
Christians are to discern right from wrong, proper teaching from false teaching, wisdom from folly, and many other things. The important first step is to FIRST examine ourselves (remove the plank from our own eye) before we can see clearly to make righteous judgements. Don't be a hypocrite, in other words.
I’m no biblical scholar, and perhaps someone will correct me; I thought it was God who would be the judge of one’s sins, not man?
My understanding, albeit very limited, is that we are not supposed to encourage or enable sin, but we can still love the sinner.
Am I wrong?
People must be informed of the coming judgement of God of all sin. That is done by reading the Scriptures and preaching from them. Only through the power of the Word of God is anyone convicted of their sin and brought from spiritual death to life and godliness.
A non-Christian cannot will themselves to stop sinning. They are enslaved to sin as we all are at birth. Only the transforming power of the Holy Spirit makes us disgusted by our own bad behavior.
Christians are to discern right from wrong, proper teaching from false teaching, wisdom from folly, and many other things. The important first step is to FIRST examine ourselves (remove the plank from our own eye) before we can see clearly to make righteous judgements. Don't be a hypocrite, in other words.