Key Verse: Verse 20 - “Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.”
Key Words: error of his way
Let’s face reality, we all sin; but when we refuse to confess our sin, sickness is a possible result. Let me hasten to add that sin is not always the cause of sickness, but it is a possibility.
As believers when you see someone living in sin, what do you do? What should you do? Certainly the goal is to convert. The word convert carries the idea of a change of direction, to turn from error to truth. If the person living in sin refuses to heed your concern and caution, you should continue to pray for them, knowing that their lack of “heeding” will result in God’s chastening.
Corrective suffering is tribulation or affliction God allows in our lives to chasten us for unforsaken sin in order to turn us back to Him.
In the city of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the broken end of a high voltage wire was lying on the pavement, along which the engineer was walking, unaware of the fact that he was about to be FRIED! A worker saw the danger and yelled to warn him, but his voice was drowned by the noise around. Picking up a stone, he threw it as hard as he could and hit the engineer on the chest.
Angry, the engineer looked up--but just as he did, he saw the wire just as he was about to step upon it. Tearfully, he thanked the worker for saving his life. The stone hurt, but the high voltage wire would have hurt MUCH more. It was a loving act of CONCERN that motivated the worker to throw the stone at the engineer.
I would rather be hit by you than chastened by God. How about you?
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Make sure your ways are also God’s.
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