Does the Bible at this point suggest that physical suffering is a path to perfection and sinlessness? Are we being told that if we suffer physically we will be done with sin? Is it possible to reach a point where you are done with sin?
The Bible expresses this as a command. To defy and break any command is sin. We, therefore, sin when we speak negatively about others. All commands carry the same weight because the source is God. It is God who said do not kill, steal and commit adultery. It is still God who says do not speak negatively about others. If you break one command you have broken all of them!
Conflicts are all around us. Conflicts among nations. Conflicts among communities. Conflicts within the family. Conflicts between individuals. Conflicts in church. Conflicts at the workplace. Conflicts everywhere. What causes conflicts and quarrels among you?
A boss who creates a toxic environment for the workers is not a believer. Believers were commanded in our text to treat their workers well. The test of faith for believers and their commitment to Christ is in how they treat their workers.
The best lesson is a lesson that has great benefits to the learner and the community they live in. The best lesson should be available to everyone so everyone is exposed to the best lesson. If we learn what is in the Bible text today, we would have learned a very important and excellent lesson in life.
Once it comes out, it’s too late to reverse its effects. No apology will undo the harm. You may be forgiven but the scar will remain in the mind. The best you can do is to keep it in and let it be processed from there. Many relationships lost it because unwholesome talk came out in a moment of anger. Reconciliation was done, but now they must live with the scar. The Bible gives us the best advice on what to do when the unwholesome talk is developing within us. Do not let it come out!
How you treated those who wrong you, is how you will be treated by those you wrong. How we treat those who owe us is how we will be treated by those we owe. If only we took this divine principle seriously, the world would be a better place.
Satan is the master in the blame game. Those engaging in blame games are engaged in diabolical activities. Any leader allowing a blame game has allowed satanic activities. Day and night you listen to accusers reporting others and you believe and act? The chief accuser is Satan.
When the land dries up, the environment is toxic, people live in suspicion of each other. When the land dries up there is endless fighting. When the land dries up what was once a love affair is a regret and pain. When the land dries up the last place you want to go is home. When the land dries up, you hate your own life and contemplate suicide. When the land dries up we have money problems, loneliness problems, relationship problems, health problems, stress problems, etc. Many of us may be living or working on dry land. We need to examine if the Bible could be addressing us when it says, because of this, the land dries up.