Why Do Christians Dislike Rebuke, Correction, and Accountability?

Well said. We don't WANT to be corrected, but Proverbs has many, many examples of the difference between wise people and fools.

Many of those are in regard to how we take correction.

Only with God's help and God's initiative do I have any chance of handling the criticism (or even loving correction) of others in the way that God wants me to handle it.

Andrey
www.achievebalance.com

 

Warm Christian greetings!

May I suggest that one reason why professing Christians do not like to be corrected when they are doing wrong is because they want the best of both worlds. They want to be 'saved' and have an assurance of Heaven, but they also want their sin. They need to be told that they cannot have it both ways.

Kind regards

Robert J Hutton

 

It sounds like to me that these church members were never taught church discipline? It is sad that most churchs are falling into this path, God help this country.
Julie

 

"cause the truth hurts"

 

Iron sharpening iron, or confronting error and sin, makes us feel convicted. When confronted, we realize that we need to change, but usually don't wish to. This is why we "heap to ourselves, teachers, having itching ears!" (teachers that make us feel good about ourselves, instead of confronting sin for what it is.)

This is why we have a whole generation of folks screaming the latest buzzword- "You're being judgemental!" Judgement of one's final destiny is indeed reserved for a Holy God. Pharisaical judgement, or hypocritical judgement by ones own standards is wrong, but Biblical, correct judgement in the spirit of meekness, with restoration in mind, is a principle that most of us are afraid to follow.

Judge not, does not end there. It says, "Judge not, lest ye be judged." Don't judge, unless you are prepared to be judged by the same standard. don't judge someone, unless your sin has been taken care of first- this is the principle of taking the beam out of your own eye, before picking someone's splinter out of his. It could not be a blanket command, meaning that we are not to judge-period, or it would contradict many other passages of Scripture, where we are told to rebuke and restore in love.

May the Holy Spirit soften our hardened hearts!