Diabolos !

Thursday August 26, 2021

Diabolos !

2 Timothy 3:2 and 3 - For men will be... slanderers.

Everything is said through the Greek word which is translated as slanderers, it is the word "diabolos" ! There is no greater evidence : he who slanders is a "devil" ! So why do the children of God lend their mouths to slander ? It’s a mystery and I honestly admit that I don’t understand.

My reflection prompts me to only one answer : these Christians are deceived ! They allow themselves the right to slander because they believe that "the truth must come out" or "that it is not so bad". Not that bad ? What if the eternal fate of the slanderers was that of the great “diabolos” ?

Where does the slander begin ? When I spread more or less accurate "information" about someone in order to damage their reputation ! I might just be a peddler, because I like it, it's crispy, you have to furnish the conversation well... Whether we are the initiator or the appropriate ear-and-mouth. same as the same: diabolos.

The first good decision we might make is to think about why we talk about such and such a person in this way. What is my motivation ? What are my feelings ? Frankly, if the Lord appeared as I speak, would I be confused ?

The second decision would be to never speak negatively about anyone again and if I am confused about so-and-so, to expose him to the Lord in an intercessory prayer.

My beloveds, there are intrinsic truths : if someone slanders "Marcel" in front of you, he will slander you in front of "Marcel". If God's people no longer slandered, they would be much more powerful than they are. A praise that God accepts cannot come out through a mouth that gives itself up to the devil. What a man sows he will also reap, and the harvest will be abundant...

Good reflection.

Source (Ezekiel 37 Ministries)