DAILY MANNA FRIDAY JULY 31, 2020 TOPIC: STOP TALEBEARING

DAILY MANNA 

FRIDAY JULY 31, 2020

TOPIC: STOP TALEBEARING 

TEXT: LEVITICUS 19:14-22

KEY VERSE:

“Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.” - (Leviticus 19:16)

In a play titled “Subtle ways to go to hell”, some young Christians dramatised how “common sins” can lead many to eternal damnation. Some of those sins include talebearing, anger, malice, envy, faultfinding, murmuring, love for fashion and so on. They were able to show that unlike noticeable sins like adultery, stealing, fighting, fornication, idol worship, etc., these seemingly unnoticeable sins have done much more harm to the church than obvious ones. Some Christians easily commit them without being conscious of the inherent danger therein.

God instructed Israel not to curse the deaf who could not hear nor put a stumbling block in the way of the blind who could not see. There must be no unrighteousness in judgment, no talebearing, no hatred for a neighbour, no grudges but to love one another.

Gossips and talebearing tear families and churches apart because “a whisperer separateth chief friends”. Unsanctified hearts are often Satan’s vessels of spreading rumours, gossips and talebearing among the brethren. Many so-called believers spend hours discussing people, families and the challenges facing them. Ironically, such people cannot spend good time to pray or study the word of God or to preach to others. The collateral damage caused by talebearing is unquantifiable. Families have been separated and many have left the fellowship of God’s people due to this evil which causes misery, distrust and discord.

The Scripture warns of the danger of the misuse of the tongue, calling it “a fire, a world of iniquity... an unruly evil, full of deadly poison” (James 3:6,8). It follows therefore, that a talebearer or a gossipmonger is not a real child of God. Let us use our tongues rather for edification and to comfort others.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Keep your tongue, keep your life.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:

2 Timothy 1-4oor.