Read these verses:
Proverbs 28:23
23 He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward
Than he who flatters with the tongue.
When I read this verse the thought that came to mind was this. Doing the work of the Lord can be very difficult at times. When we tell folks they are doing wrong according to God's Word many times it hurts the person we are telling. We must rebuke in love but even so many times they will get hurt and angry with us. Often though after the one who was rebuked has time to think and pray about what was said in love they will come back and thank you for being a friend who cares and who was obedient to God's leading. Thus you have found favor with them. Now there are some who just smile and laugh at the sin in peoples life. Flattering them with their tongue but in the end they have done the sinner wrong because they have allowed them to stray form the Word of God.
Being faithful to God can be very rewarding but it also can hurt but we must be faithful to Him at all costs!
Tom
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