What do you do with the accusation?
Austin Gardner • July 28, 2022
Have you heard what you wanted to hear and spread the gossip?
You will hear all sorts of claims. They are guilty. I have the proof. I was raped. He lied. He did wrong. As a believer, you must be careful to follow Scripture and not popular opinion or influential people. These verses might help you think through a Biblical process.
- Would you consider someone foolish who answers before they even hear the matter? Proverbs 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, It is folly (foolishness) and shame (insult) unto him.
- God said that it is foolishness to speak without listening first.
- He says you will be embarrassed and insulted when you answer too quickly.
- Have you heard what you wanted to hear and spread the gossip?
- Have you made a judgment by hearing part of the story?
- My dad used to say don’t go off half-cocked? In other words, get your gun loaded and ready before you shoot.
- Be prepared and think it through before you make a decision and definitely before you repeat it.
- Do you know as much as Nicodemus. He said “John 7:51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?”
- Have you judged without hearing the other side of it?
- Have you made a
diligent investigation to know what he or she is doing?
- Have you gone to the people involved and searched out the matter? Proverbs 18:17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; But his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
- Do not be guilty of listening to one side.
- Do not let the prosecution or the defense present their side without hearing both sides.
- Search it out. Do a
diligent investigation before you make a decision.
- Please don’t listen to accusations without getting to the bottom of it all. Deuteronomy 13:14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
- Inquire, ask questions.
- Do a search
- Ask diligently, not lightly.
- Find out the truth
- Make sure the accusation is true.
Now you have read a few ideas. It is time to self-evaluate. Sometimes we can avoid being embarrassed by following God’s prescription. Think about it all. Listen. Evaluate. Make a decision but do so justly according to God’s instruction.
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