“All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
No one likes to be rebuked. No one likes to be proven wrong. No one likes to be corrected.
Yet, if we want to grow and we want to mature in the faith, that is exactly what we need. Here’s the reason why – because we are all imperfect. We are all sinful and selfish. The only person who doesn’t need rebuking or correction is a perfect person. And since no perfect persons exist, it follows that every one of us needs regularly to be rebuked and corrected.
That’s what God’s word tells us. God’s word is God-breathed and is profitable for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.
So, if you go to a church where you are never rebuked or corrected – something is wrong. If you go to a church where all you get is rebuking and correcting – that would be depressing. But, if they are preaching the word of God, the word of God is teaching, rebuking, correcting selfish sinners to be more like Christ.
So, if your church sometimes says things that you don’t like and you disagree with, thank God for that. If it is from scripture, we are the ones who need adjusting.
Let us all aspire to be trained in God’s word so that we may be thoroughly equipped for every good work!
Praxis: Faith in Action 