Acts: The Spread of the Gospel

This study is taken from John MacArthur's "Acts: The Spread of the Gospel." My prayer and goal for this devo is that we will learn more about how the early church laid the foundation for what we possess today, and that we would allow God to use us to turn our world upside for Him!

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Joseph's Early Years - Tattletale or Truth-Teller - Devo for 09/02/08

Reading
Genesis 37

Questions
What do the verses below have to say about gossip and truth telling?

1. Proverbs 11:3
2. Proverbs 18:8
3. Proverbs 27:5-6
4. Proverbs 28:23
5. 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15

"Tattletales" seek to get others in trouble. "Truth-Tellers" want to help those who are destroying their own lives with sin. Whether or not Jacob asked for the report does not really matter. When we see someone involved in behavior that will ultimately hurt them and others, we need to love them enough to confront them with the evil.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. They will be destroyed
2. It will go down into a person's innermost being.
3. The kisses of an enemy deceitful.
4. a rebuked man shall find more favour he that flattereth with the tongue.
5. count an enemy as a brother

Anonymous said...

1. If you are upright, you'll succeed but you will fall if you are perverse.
2. Lying hurts people deeply.
3. It's better to openly not befriend someone than to go behind their backs and just PRETEND to be their friends!
4. It's better to tell someone the truth, even if they don't wanna hear it...if you lie to them, it will hurt both of you.
5. Rather than treating a gossip or liar as an outcast, you're supposed to try to help them and encourage them in faith.

Anonymous said...

1.that the unfaithful will be destroyed.
2.it says words of a gossip go down to a man's inmost parts.
3.this ine says it is better to say it then gossip.
4.he who rubukes and man will in the end gain more favor.
5.to let your friends know but warn them as a brother don't regard them as a enemy.

Anonymous said...

1. it says that integrity is invaluable.
2. it says that listening to talebearers can really mess u up.
3. i couldnt really figure this one out.
4. when someone is reprimanded, it should be appreciated and that person should improve on what they were reprimanded about.
5. it is saying we should identify the people who blatently disobey and steer clear. but dont be their enemy, u can help them out in their christian walk.

Anonymous said...

1. unfaithful will be destroyed.
2. words of a gossip go down to a man's inmost parts.
3. it is better to say it then gossip.
4. he who rubukes and man will in the end gain more favor.
5.dont leave someone because they are your enemy you can help them out with their problems like you should with your friends.

Anonymous said...

1. Integrity (in what we say) guides us instead of destroying us.
2. Gossip wounds.
3. The truth told in love heals instead of just wounding.
4. You feel better about someone who tells the truth instead of always brown-nosing.
5. We have a biblical responsibility to speak the truth in love, when it is clearly lined out in Scripture.

Anonymous said...

1. Truth will guide you but gossiping will destroy you.
2. Gossip is like wounds.
3. It is better to tell the truth even thought it might hurt than to gossip about someone.
4. It is better to tell the truth than to lie just to seem nice.
5. Instead of trying to get someone in trouble because they did something wrong, we need to help them in their christian walk.

Anonymous said...

questions
1.you can be destroyed.
2.it pulls you apart from people.
3.it can be hurtful.
4.nobody will like you.
5.you shouldnt associate with them.