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Originally Posted by Praxeas
How could warning or rebuking done in love with long suffernig and doctrine not be good for the building?
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If it's done in love with longsuffering and doctrine it can build up. If it's not... that's different. We were told at my former church that reproof and rebuke were done in love, but they gave me nightmares and made me sick to my stomach.
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2 Tim 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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That one's about preaching, not T&I.
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2Ti 3:16 Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
2Ti 3:17 that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.
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That one's about using scripture, not T&I.
1 Cor 14 seems to be the only chapter directly related to T&I. Interestingly, it's never mentioned in Acts.
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14For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 16Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? 17For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
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To get back on the topic though, I still believe DA and the others may be onto something.
Anyone ever hear T&I that told people to listen to the preacher?
Anyone every hear T&I to study the Bible?
How about to love one another? Stop gossiping? Exhibit mercy and love? Tell people how great God is? Praise, magnify and exalt God?
How many messages has anyone heard that they even remember? Even the next day?