It may be accidental but it was preventable. When we recount a story we need to give the context and recount it accurately or we may be guilty of sowing strife and discord. “Go and do thou likewise.”Ĭan you see how important context is? This is how a “fire” can get started. Yet how can a “fire” get “accidentally” started and a bunch of strife breaks out in a group or a church (so to speak)? It can happen when people recount information about people or conversations (spoken words) wrongly or out of context.Ĭonsider this well-worn illustration of three statements lifted from the New Testament:ġ. Those recorded as unknown are included in the accidental category. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) categorizes fire as either accidental, deliberate, or unknown. Solution? “Cast out the sower of discord, and contention shall go out yea, strife and reproach shall cease.” (Proverbs 22:10) The source of discord is the one who packs tales. If strife exists there is likely a tale-bearer (gossiper). We are told categorically in Proverbs that where no wood is, the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, strife ceases (Proverbs 26:20). This is a simple truth. Yet Proverbs 16:27 says that the ungodly man (or woman) digs for information that can be used to destroy people. His investigations had separated friends, marriages, and other relationships. I once heard a former private detective admit that he quit the business because he was tired of destroying peoples’ lives. An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. A froward man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.
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