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Originally Posted by leastofthese
So feel free to bash away if that is how you are called by the Lord’s Spirit.
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I don't think anyone is called of the Lord to "bash away". The NT is clear "who are you to judge another man's servant?" We are not called to beat or bash the Lord's servants.
You are permitted to report wrong doing to the master, we see several places where the Lord rebukes a servant saying "what is this I hear about you". So being a witness is acceptable. Also, in Matthew 18 you are in a position to protect the offended saints from the abusive ones. There is a rigorous protocol that must be followed. However, in that same chapter you are warned very seriously about not treating your brothers and sisters with mercy.
Also, this is what I think the Lord was referring to when he told the church in Ephesus that they had left their first love. It is acceptable to examine a so called apostle and determine if they are or not, it is not acceptable to judge another man's servant. It is a fine line between judging the MOTA doctrine and judging WL.
It is one thing to say that we don't condemn other believers with blanket statements like "poor, poor Christianity", it is not acceptable to pull up a youtube video of someone's worship and condemn that person.
45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath. 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; 49 and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; 50 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, 51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.