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Bible Questions Answered:
“...a
couple of my friends say this teacher wasn't much good, I was taught
if you can't say anything good about someone, don't say anything...”
Brenda/
Rockingham, North Carolina U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Criticism,
The Word:
I
Samuel 1:6-10 NLT (Read
the whole story I Samuel 1:1-28)
(Hannah
was not stopped by unkind criticism)
6
So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because The Lord
had kept her from having children.
7
Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah as they
went to the Tabernacle. Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears
and would not even eat.
8
“Why are you crying, Hannah?” Elkanah would ask. “Why aren’t
you eating? Why be downhearted just because you have no children? You
have me—isn’t that better than having ten sons?”
(Hannah’s Prayer for a Son)
9
Once after a sacrificial meal at Shiloh, Hannah got up and went to
pray. Eli the priest was sitting at his customary place beside the
entrance of the Tabernacle.
10
Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to The
Lord.
Psalm
141:5 NLT
Let
the Godly strike me! It will be a kindness! If they correct me, it is
soothing medicine. Don’t let me refuse it.
Proverbs
9:7-9 NLT
7
Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return. Anyone who
corrects the wicked will get hurt.
8
So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you.
But
correct the wise, and they will love you.
9
Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.
Jeremiah 20:1-3 NLT (Jeremiah and Pashhur)
20
Now Pashhur son of Immer, the priest in charge of the Temple of The
Lord, heard what Jeremiah was prophesying.
2
So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in
stocks at the Benjamin Gate of The Lord’s Temple.
3
The next day, when Pashhur finally released him, Jeremiah said,
“Pashhur, The Lord has changed your name. From now on you are to be
called ‘The Man Who Lives in Terror.’
Jeremiah 28:8-17 NLT (Jeremiah Condemns
Hananiah/Truth Prevails)
8
The ancient prophets who preceded you and me spoke against many
nations, always warning of war, disaster, and disease.
9
So a prophet who predicts peace must show he is right. Only when his
predictions come true can we know that he is really from The Lord.”
10
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah’s neck and
broke it in pieces.
11
And Hananiah said again to the crowd that had gathered, “This is
what The Lord says: ‘Just as this yoke has been broken, within two
years I will break the yoke of oppression from all the nations now
subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.’” With that, Jeremiah
left the Temple area.
12
Soon after this confrontation with Hananiah, The Lord gave this
message to Jeremiah:
13
“Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what The Lord says: You have
broken a wooden yoke, but you have replaced it with a yoke of iron.
14
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, The God Of Israel, says: I have put a
yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, forcing them into
slavery under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have put everything,
even the wild animals, under his control.’”
15
Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The
Lord has not sent you, but the people believe your lies.
16
Therefore, this is what The Lord says: ‘You must die. Your life
will end this very year because you have rebelled against The Lord.’”
17
Two months later the prophet Hananiah died.
Daniel
6:4,5 NLT
4
Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for
some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but
they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. He was
faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy.
5
So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing
Daniel will be in connection with the rules of his religion.”
Matthew 7:1-6 NLT (Do Not Judge Others)
7
“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.
2
For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in
judging is the standard by which you will be judged.
3
“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a
log in your own?
4
How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get
rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log
in your own eye?
5
Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will
see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.
6
“Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw
your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and
attack you.
Luke 17:1-4 NLT ( Forgiveness and Faith)
17
One day Jesus said to His disciples, “There will always be
temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the
tempting!
2
It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung
around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to fall into
sin.
3
So watch yourselves! “If another believer sins, rebuke that person;
then if there is repentance, forgive.
4
Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns
again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive.”
Galatians
5:14,15 NLT
14
For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your
neighbor as yourself.”
15
But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out!
Beware of destroying one another.
I Peter 3:13-18 NLT (Suffering for Doing Good)
13
Now, who will want to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But
even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for
it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats. 15 Instead, you
must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about
your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.
16
But do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience
clear. Then if people speak against you, they will be ashamed when
they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ.
17
Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God
wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!
18
Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but
He died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered
physical death, but He was raised to life in The Spirit.
Prayer:
John
13:34 KJV
A
new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have
loved you, that ye also love one another.
