LETTING OTHERS CONTROL YOUR THERMOSTAT
One of the strangest things I've seen in broken relationships is the way some people justify their anger with a Christian, by fostering the anger, gossip and false accusations spewed by a disgruntled third party. The only grievance they personally have with the Christian is based on the twisted view of a false witness. People find it easier to believe a lie than believe the truth. Love believes the best.
VERSES and NOTES...
PROVERBS 18:13
13 He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him.
DLG NOTE... God's instruction is clear; Do not judge a person or a dispute without hearing both sides of the issue. To accept the words of a false witness is to make an enemy of a brother and become guilty of bringing division in the body of Christ.
PROVERBS 29:22
22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
JAMES 1:19-20
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 For the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.
PROVERBS 25:18
18 A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
DLG NOTE... This verse tells how the word of a false witness destroys people's relationships and reputations A Maul (hammer) shatters into small pieces and crushes into dust. A Sword cuts and divides a body into dismemberment. A Sharp Arrow penetrates deeply and delivers the killing blow.
