Next, the Bible says that God hates a man or woman who sows discord among brethren. We seldom hear the slanderer, the libeler or the malicious gossip denounced. We have come to think that it is a harmless thing to sow discord in the office, the shop, the church or the home; but the Bible says that God hates discord and strongly denounces those who sow strife.
Ephesians 4:31 says, “Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.”
James 1:26 says, “If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.”
We have become specialists in this field in almost every area of life:
-Socially, we have those who are not content unless they are protesting something. It doesn't even matter if it's an important issue or not, but they feed off of the chaos.
-Politically, we have those who believe everything they hear and then use words or actions to damage the integrity of our leaders that have been elected.
-Spiritually, the spirit of Jezebel has invaded many a church and gossip and slander have cause multitudes of problems for pastors and leaders of congregations worldwide.
Proverbs 6:14 says, "Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord."
Proverbs 6:19 goes further and says, "A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."
Too many people are getting away with slander and sowing discord in our world today. God will have His vengeance upon those who commit such acts, not because He desires to, but because they have rejected Him and their own selves as well. Now is not the time to be a strife builder, but a peacemaker in the sight of God.
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