Day 56

2 Corinthians 7-9

Rebuke is rarely well recieved, but all of us need corrected at one time or another. Paul wrote a letter of rebuke that was mostlikely prior to the 1 Corinthians epistle, which was filled with correction. Paul wrote in 7:8, "For though I made you sorry with a letter..." He got their attention with the letter that turned into good for the cause of Christ. "Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance:" We can take correct one of two ways and we can give correction one of two ways. There is a right way and a wrong to both give and take rebuke. It must be recieved and administered with grace and humility. When we are in the state of graciousness and humbleness, correction yields the fruit of conformity to Christ. What is our main motivation to correcting those that are in the wrong? We should examine our selves before we speak. Also, what is our thought process as we are getting corrected? We should examine ourselves before doing anything.