April 28

2 Corinthians 13:1 (NIV)
1 This will be my third visit to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

Did you know this? Did you know that you are not to receive an accusation against an elder except by two or three witnesses? Does this mean that we are to keep silent if we are the only one that saw so and so kissing so and so and they are married – not to each other? Wouldn’t that be nice! This passage means that when you tell so and so about so and so and so and so that the person who you are telling is not supposed to receive it as fact. What? You are kidding! Nope – God doesn’t kid around about this stuff.

The reality is that so and so may not have been kissing, it may have just appeared that way, they actually were crying together. One persons eyes may not been seeing correctly, but even if they are, we are not to receive the accusation! Everything and I mean everything has to be established by at least 2 witnesses! Someone may have a bone to pick with someone else and may interpret things incorrectly in order to justify their bone.

May I suggest something outlandish? We mind our own business? It should be obvious if I see someone murdering another person that it is my duty to step up and say something, but that isn’t what we accuse others of and that isn’t what we listen to and receive from others, most of the time it is petty stuff that God is dealing with already. Maybe God isn’t even dealing with it because He doesn’t want to! There is a thought! Maybe He is dealing with that person in other places in their lives and we should be content to pray for them. Whatever the case, DON’T believe it if it can’t be established and, “live in unity with one another.”