BBD 07.23.21 Confronted by Truth (Classic)
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Classic from 2002
The Burning Bush Devotional
23 July 2021
Confronted by Truth
The woman
said to Him, ‘Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come there to
draw.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Go, call your husband, and come here.’ The woman
answered and said, ‘I have no husband.’ Jesus said to her, ‘You have well said,
I have no husband, for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now
have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.’ The woman said to Him,
‘Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.’ - John 4:15-19.
Jesus
says in Matthew 7:1 that we should “judge not, that
you be not judged.” We have taken that
to mean that we must not be critical, or confrontational of those who are
living in sin. However, Jesus gives us the example of the value of confronting
someone with truth. If what you were involved in was sin, and you did not know
it, would you want to know? Or would you want to continue on in blissful
ignorance?
King
David committed adultery and ordered the murder of Uriah to cover up his sin.
Then, David married Uriah’s wife and blissfully went about his life for a year
without any concern for the terrible thing that he had done. However, God sent
the prophet Nathan to confront him with his sin.
The
woman at the well, and King David received the truth in the way it should be
received. The truth was life changing for them. However, for many people when
they are confronted with the truth, it just makes them angry. They certainly
would not think that you were a prophet, for openly confronting them with the
truth. They will, however, tell you that you ought to get the speck out of your
eye before you judge them.
Why was
Jesus confronting the woman at the well with truth? Because He loved her, and
knew that through her, many others would come to know the truth as well. Why
did God send Nathan the prophet to confront King David with the truth? God
confronted David with the truth, because
God loved him, and had great plans for David’s life, and for the
lives of his descendants.
Why
would we want to risk telling someone the truth about sin in their lives? Because we know God loves them, and
has great plans for them. Of course, confronting someone with the
truth, is not to be done lightly. Confronting someone with the truth, is not to
be done in a judgmental way. Confronting someone with the truth, should not be
done hypocritically. But sometimes it
simply must be done if we are to be obedient to our Lord.
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