{"id":37474,"date":"2013-02-03T21:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T03:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=37474"},"modified":"2023-09-29T16:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T21:08:57","slug":"giving-and-taking-a-rebuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/giving-and-taking-a-rebuke\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving and Taking a Rebuke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Lance Blackburn<\/p>\n<p>Rebuke &#8211; to admonish, charge, convict; a stern correction<\/p>\n<h2>Rebuking is a vital part of the Christian&#8217;s life<\/h2>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>This is true of giving and receiving rebukes<\/li>\n<li>Jesus often rebuked His disciples:\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Mark 8:33; Luke 9:55<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Paul commanded Timothy and Titus to rebuke:\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>I Timothy 5:20; II Timothy 4:2; Titus 1:13; 2:15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wisdom from Proverbs:\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li><em>Proverbs 25:11-12<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; A word fitly spoken is like&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><em>Proverbs 27:5,6<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Wise Rebuker<\/h2>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>Takes time to think\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Proverbs 29:11, 20; Colossians 4:6; Matthew 10:16; Jude 22, 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Acts in love\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Proverbs 27:6 &#8211; Am I a friend?<\/li>\n<li>Ephesians 4:15 &#8211; &#8220;&#8230;speaking the truth in love&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Humbly Examines Himself\/Herself\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Matthew 7:1-5<\/li>\n<li>A wise rebuker, though not perfect, is sincere and humble<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>Does Not Condemn the Innocent\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>The Pharisees did this to Jesus and his disciples &#8211; Matthew 12:5-8<\/li>\n<li>We have to make sure we have the facts straight &#8211; Proverbs 18:13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>Chooses the Right Moment\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Proverbs 25:11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>An Obedient Ear<\/h2>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>Understands the Value of Correction &#8211; Proverbs 12:1\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>II Samuel 12 &#8211; Nathan to David re: his sin with Bathsheba<\/li>\n<li>II Samuel 19 &#8211; Joab to David re: his mourning over Absalom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Knows That Friends Correct Friends &#8211; Pro. 27:6\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Proverbs 28:23 &#8211; is this true of me?\u00a0 Consider Peter&#8217;s words of Paul: <em>II Peter 3:15 &#8211; <\/em>&#8220;beloved&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>Does Not Focus On the Corrector\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>We can&#8217;t go looking for the beam in the corrector&#8217;s eye<\/li>\n<li>Truth is truth, whether I appreciate the source of it or not:\u00a0<em>Philippians 1:15-18<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fixes the Problem\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li>Proverbs 25:12 &#8211; an OBEDIENT ear\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li>I&#8217;ve heard a true rebuke, now what am I going to do about it?<\/li>\n<li>I John 1:5-9<\/li>\n<li>Confession should lead to real repentance<\/li>\n<li>Hear the words spoken by James &#8211;\u00a0<em>James 1:21-25<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/lessons-for-our-time\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLessons for Our Time\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lance Blackburn Rebuke &#8211; to admonish, charge, convict; a stern correction Rebuking is a vital part of the Christian&#8217;s life This is true of giving and receiving rebukes Jesus often rebuked His disciples: Mark 8:33; Luke 9:55 Paul commanded Timothy and Titus to rebuke: I Timothy 5:20; II Timothy 4:2; Titus 1:13; 2:15 Wisdom&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[119,32],"tags":[1598],"class_list":["post-37474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-sermon","tag-rebukes"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86803,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/on-rebukes\/","url_meta":{"origin":37474,"position":0},"title":"On Rebukes","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer \"Better is open rebuke than hidden love\" (Proverbs 27:5). 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