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turtle18
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If “admonishing the sinner” is a spritual work of mercy, where does the line get drawn between admonishing the sinner & becoming judgmental?
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StCsDavid
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I suppose the line would be crossed when you stop admonishing the sinner out of love and start doing it out of pride.If “admonishing the sinner” is a spritual work of mercy, where does the line get drawn between admonishing the sinner & becoming judgmental?
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Tantum_ergo
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Right. However, one has to realize that there are always going to be two extremist ‘camps’ : the first camp would be the one in which any words of admonishment would have to pass so many ‘qualifications’ in order to make sure they do not ‘hurt somebody’s feelings’ or appear ‘judgmental’ that in the end the admonishment would be so watered down, stultified, and made ‘politically correct’ that it winds up not saying anything at ALL!
The second camp would be the one in which nothing would be strong ENOUGH as an admonishment; any words would be too ‘mollycoddling’, too ‘politically correct’, too wishy-washy, etc.
Then you have to add in people’s reactions. Some people would find even the most gentle intimation that they were doing wrong to bring them overwhelming guilt and hurt–others would find that same intimation laughable, still others would feel nothing but ANGER.
Still, the first answer–admonishment out of love, or letting Christ be the one admonishing through you, you being the ‘vessel’ and always doing this in love–would mean that even if you got all the reactions above, you would still be acting righteously.
The second camp would be the one in which nothing would be strong ENOUGH as an admonishment; any words would be too ‘mollycoddling’, too ‘politically correct’, too wishy-washy, etc.
Then you have to add in people’s reactions. Some people would find even the most gentle intimation that they were doing wrong to bring them overwhelming guilt and hurt–others would find that same intimation laughable, still others would feel nothing but ANGER.
Still, the first answer–admonishment out of love, or letting Christ be the one admonishing through you, you being the ‘vessel’ and always doing this in love–would mean that even if you got all the reactions above, you would still be acting righteously.
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