How do you deal with people? Like Jesus? Paul? Timothy?

 Good morning everyone.  God is good all the time, all the time God is good.

SAVED BY FAITH, NOT BY WORKS!! AMEN!!!

   It is important we follow Jesus' example as well as Paul's.  Jesus dealt with people in a loving and kind way, UNTIL, they were contrary to God's ways.

  Jesus often would answer a question with a question and He (Jesus) did not get angry UNLESS it was spurred on my evil.

  Look at Matthew 23: 13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. [14] 

15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.

If you notice verse 14 is left out of most Bibles. Here is verse 14 in the NKJV 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers.  Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

 Jesus dealt harshly with people who went against God's laws or His will.  However, when dealing with regular people He (Jesus) dealt with them in a kind and humble way, winning them over to "The Way".

  While we live and travel on this earth we have to be faithful and true to what we believe in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 23: 27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

  There are plenty of antichrists in the world today. Some in the pulpits, many on social media as "influencers", and some in famous positions (movie stars, athletes, tv). Yes, what they say sounds "good" at the time, but we MUST WEIGH IT AGAINST THE WORD OF GOD!

We have to stand our ground and say to them as Jesus said to Peter just before His crucifixion (whenPeter said he would die for Christ and never deny Him):  Matthew 16:  23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” 

  We should not tolerate evil and be bold enough to say what Jesus said to Peter. When Paul was dealing with people he would look for the positive and appeal to their (the peoples) knowledge and common sense.  Also, he taught Timothy to do likewise and told Timothy to not shy away because of his age.  Just go forth boldly and share God's word.  

  How do you share the Word of God with others?  Don't stay in your little cocoon and be afraid to tell others because you might "offend them".  If you don't share the word of God with others when the Spirit nudges you, them by your silence you are, in essence saying, "you can go to hell".  Think about the result if you don't tell them. Just plant a seed, you are not the savior, just a worker who plants seeds and shares God's word.

  Thank you for tolerating me in my rambling and thoughts. Love y'all more than you know.  I would love to hear back from you and how you are doing or if I may pray for you.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny