11/04/17 MAKE NO MISTAKE

11/04/17 MAKE NO MISTAKE

When God is silent in the face of human sin, it marks His patience and pending plan, not His approval.

This is true with His people also. Silence and "inaction" may be "the quiet before the storm." God's Church is loving and kind and patient and tolerant, which is not to be confused with weak or confused or cowardly. God gives opportunity for repentance. The church must deal with and discipline those who cause division, but reconciliation is the primary objective, not punishment; mercy, not judgment.