Admonishing Sinners

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Brendan said:
I didn’t see where anyone was claiming to seek out faults in anyone.

Could you point out where someone stated that? And if not, why bring up something that isn’t being discussed?
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The term “admonish” means the same thing. If it doesn’t, well, I don’t care. 😉
 
seanom said:
Hello I was just wondering when are we supposed to admonish people. I am a high school student and I do fairly often admonish my friends but when I don’t always I don’t know whether I am sinning or comitting a sin of omission. If I were to admonish people all the time it would alwayas be impossible since people sin constantly in your presence and I don’t want to sound judgemental either, any advice??
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Don’t feel like you constantly have to “admonish”… it doesn’t always work. Sometimes it’s more productive to pray. If you do talk to them, make sure you do so without sounding judgemental, so don’t condemn people to hell, etc, just tell them the truth simply and the rest is up to them.

God bless!
 
Brendan said:
I didn’t see where anyone was claiming to seek out faults in anyone.

Could you point out where someone stated that? And if not, why bring up something that isn’t being discussed?
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I can Brendan. I’ll just use the first post on this thread, since I think it would be rude to start posting some of the somewhat dysfunction behaviors from other threads that I’ve been reading lately:
Hello I was just wondering when are we supposed to admonish people. I am a high school student and I do fairly often admonish my friends but when I don’t always I don’t know whether I am sinning or comitting a sin of omission. If I were to admonish people all the time it would alwayas be impossible since people sin constantly in your presence and I don’t want to sound judgemental either, any advice??
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I have a hard time believing that someone is not seeking out faults in others if they are commenting like: “I do fairly often admonish my friends” and “if I were to admonish people all the time”. I’m not around angels myself, but I don’t find the need to admonish people to this degree. I can’t imagine someone functioning well in society admonishing people all the time because yes, that means, one is seeking out their faults and correcting them.
That kind of person cannot be popular in school or work, or even at Church. I picture a Mrs. Olsen or Nellie Olsen from Little House on the Prairie type. Always in peoples’ business, and adding a $0.02 in whether it’s wanted or not.

I also find it odd that some students on this forum find it within their rights to impose themselves on their peers to admonish them about private matters without being asked. And — they are being encouraged to do so by others on the forum. Dudes…there is a time and a place for everything. Butting in on peers’ business is not right. In the work environment it would get you fired. At school, one would be lucky to not get a good butt kicking.

Tell me something, Seanon, what is the reaction to your fraternal correction from your fellow students? How do you end up in situations in which you are fraternally correcting your peers? Can you give an example of such an exchange?
 
Hi Rence, I actually can see it as being a good influence to be the teen that tells other kids what the right thing is.

Imagine a teen girl is going to have sex with her boyfriend. Who is the better friend? The one who says nothing, or the one that tells her it’s wrong, she should wait till marriage, she we would regret it etc.

I’d be proud of my kids if they were that type of friend.
 
Mary_Gail_36 said:
Hi Rence, I actually can see it as being a good influence to be the teen that tells other kids what the right thing is.

Imagine a teen girl is going to have sex with her boyfriend. Who is the better friend? The one who says nothing, or the one that tells her it’s wrong, she should wait till marriage, she we would regret it etc.

I’d be proud of my kids if they were that type of friend.
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I would be to a point. If they took out the bible and started screaming at them, I’d be mortified. Also, I think-if you want - speak your peace about the issue (in this case, sex) and then say, “You make your own choices, and even though I can’t support you, I’ll be there for you if anything happens.” Then I’ll be proud of my kid.

However, if you find yourself admonishing people with frequency, than your either a self righteous jerk, or your hanging out with the wrong crowd.
 
Mary_Gail_36 said:
Hi Rence, I actually can see it as being a good influence to be the teen that tells other kids what the right thing is.

Imagine a teen girl is going to have sex with her boyfriend. Who is the better friend? The one who says nothing, or the one that tells her it’s wrong, she should wait till marriage, she we would regret it etc.

I’d be proud of my kids if they were that type of friend.
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A friend, yes, I agree wholeheartedly 🙂 But not just peers, not other random students. You should be proud to have kids that were rolemodels to their freinds, and took an active role in trying to save them from themselve. But they will probably be good examples to their peers as well, by just their living example.
 
Rascalking said:
I would be to a point. If they took out the bible and started screaming at them, I’d be mortified. Also, I think-if you want - speak your peace about the issue (in this case, sex) and then say, “You make your own choices, and even though I can’t support you, I’ll be there for you if anything happens.” Then I’ll be proud of my kid.

However, if you find yourself admonishing people with frequency, than your either a self righteous jerk, or your hanging out with the wrong crowd.
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I agree, there’s a difference between butting in on other students’ lives and picking on every thing they do with fire and brimstone. And then there’s counseling friends, which Mary Gail is talking about. But I also agree that if you’re exhausted from the corrections, you’re coming off as self-righteous and/or should try and find more like-minded friends.
 
Rascalking said:
I prefer the works of Dickens, but I’m sure this thread is just as interesting.
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No worries they are only a page or so to read. If you read Dickens (who was admonishing as I recall some of his day) you will have no trouble reading them quickly 🙂
 
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