{"id":10361,"date":"2025-11-13T06:34:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=10361"},"modified":"2025-11-13T06:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:34:20","slug":"no-christianity-without-correctability-november-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=10361","title":{"rendered":"No Christianity without Correctability (November 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth” (Amos 5:10).<\/p>\n

THE PROPHETS SENT BY GOD TO CALL FOR REPENTANCE IN ISRAEL DID NOT ALWAYS FIND A RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE. Israel, desperately in need of a radical return to God, often rejected the pleas of the prophets for a change of heart. Apparently this was characteristic of the attitude of many of them about correction in general. Even when it came to listening to the daily wisdom of their elders in the community, they were incorrigible. \u201cThey hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the New Testament, we hear Jesus lamenting the fact that Jerusalem had for so long rejected those sent by God to call them back from their sin, \u201cO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it!<\/em> How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!\u201d (Matthew 23:37).<\/p>\n

But what about you and me? Are we innocent of this error? Honestly, can any of us say that we\u2019ve listened any more openly when confronted with the need for change at the deepest level? Israel\u2019s tendency to \u201cabhor him who speaks the truth\u201d is, unfortunately, a human<\/em> tendency. Every one of us resists being reproved.<\/p>\n

And if the Hebrew prophets were hard to hear, the gospel of Jesus Christ is hard also \u2014 for the very same reason. It requires enough honesty to admit that our fellowship with God is broken: unless we change direction and seek God\u2019s forgiveness on His terms, we will remain alienated from Him forever. Frankly, not many people are \u201ccorrectable\u201d enough to listen as humbly as the Bereans did in Acts 17:11: \u201cthey received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisdom is a curious thing in that it hurts us before it helps us. Although its benefits are enjoyable, wisdom usually requires some painful adjustments at first \u2014 starting with the admission that our present situation is not all right. And so it is with the gospel of Christ. It promises eternal salvation, but only to those bold enough to leave behind their current state. It\u2019s a journey that many will not make because it is far too uncomfortable and costly.<\/p>\n

“Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dearly for it” (Old Proverb).<\/p>\n

Gary Henry – WordPoints.com + AreYouaChristian.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Download MP3 Audio Track . . . or listen on SoundCloud, YouTube, or Spotify “They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth” (Amos 5:10). THE PROPHETS SENT BY GOD TO CALL FOR REPENTANCE IN ISRAEL DID NOT ALWAYS FIND A RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE. Israel, desperately in need of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[313,2094,126],"class_list":["post-10361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-devotionals","tag-christianity","tag-correctability","tag-november"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}