How to know if God is or is not leading you to bring Correction
EVER been corrected by someone who previously didn’t show interest or care for you…. someone who never edified you? How do you feel when someone like that corrects or rebukes you?
Have you noticed that in life there are some who never edify or make any gesture of concern for others and yet, will jump to the occasion of correcting others? Beware. This is clear proof, fruit of an evil heart.
Where does correction start? Correction always begins with the correction of our own hearts and lives. Notice David’s prayer as is recorded in Psalm 139. Notice who he is asking God to work on:
“Search ME, O God, and know MY heart: try me, and know MY thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in ME, and lead ME in the way everlasting.” Psalms 139:23-24
Again notice this pattern in Psalms 51:
“Create in ME a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within ME.” Psalms 51:10
Is there any question as to just who the LORD wants to change most and what His order is in correction? – first us, then help restore and bless others.
You have no business correcting anyone till you’ve corrected your own life. Who is God Leading You to Correct?
The LORD will not and is not use me to correct anyone else until He first does a deep work in my own life.
Let me say here also, that any person who is preoccupied with correcting others, has a serious heart problem himself. This is something the LORD told those who are mature to do in His Word and He will lead them in this matter after He gives them the right heart and desire of restoration in the matter of all souls (Matthew 7:1-5; Galatians 6:1-2).
Any questions?
“Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” Matthew 7:1-5
What does Ephesians 4:3 and 32 say? Have you not memorized these verses of truth yet? Why not?
The LORD is trying to get us to repent and bring much-needed correction to our own lives with the bringing forth of fruits meet for (consistent with) true repentance which works salvation (Matthew 3:7-8; 2 Corinthians 7:9-10). It’s only then that He may or may not use us to help others. Read, study, and meditate upon all the verses referenced in this important message.
How we can know of a surety when God is not leading us to correct others? The LORD has given several conditions or pre-qualifications that must be present or He will not use us to correct others:
Biblical Pre-qualifications for the Correction of Others:
- Correct yourself and leave everyone else to God. He doesn’t need you.
- Get the logs out of your own eye He says to “hypocrites” who are unduly preoccupied with the faults of others (Matthew 7:1-5).
- If you are not a mature (“spiritual”) Christian, you are not being led of Christ to attempt to bring correction to others (Galatians 6:1-2).
- If you are not operating in “the spirit of meekness” but rather are possessed by a condemning spirit and an “evil eye,” even the accuser of the brethren (Matthew 6:22-23; Mark 7:22; Galatians 6:1-2; Revelation 12:7-12).
- If you are not a seasoned disciple who is possessed with the love of God and the desire to help “restore” others who are fallen to their relationship with Christ, the LORD is not leading you to correct others but rather to humble yourself at His feet and in His presence as you allow Him to do a much needed deeper work in your own heart (1 Corinthians 11:31-32; Galatians 6:1-3).
- If you are not edifying the members of the body of Christ, you are clearly not walking in God’s love and have no business attempting to correct anyone except your own self. Repent, lay down your life, and follow Christ (Romans 6; Colossians 3; Ephesians 4:29; Philippians 2:3-5, etc.).
- If your own life is not set apart through the cross, you aren’t overflowing with God’s love, you edify no one, you are self-centered, and you believe you are supposed to correct someone else, it’s because you are full of pride (Proverbs 16:18; 1 Corinthians 13; Galatians 6:1-2; Colossians 3:10-14; James 4:6-10). God will only use you after you truly repent, lay down your life, and follow Christ authentically.
Beware that those who rail on other believers are to be “delivered unto Satan” and the hoards of hell for their sin of railing and in order that God may show mercy on their eternal souls if they will but repent (1 Corinthians 5). Note the sin of being a “railer” here in 1 Corinthians 5. This is one of six sins listed which if committed without repenting, warrant delivering that sinning person over to Satan (1 Corinthians 5).
To those who rail on others, I want to say this: If you wish to perpetrate this evil slander and railing on members of Christ’s body, the LORD is going to continue to judge you, beginning with the fact that He will take His Spirit from your life (Psalms 51:11; Revelation 1-3). He will give you leanness of soul (Psalms 106:15). The LORD will not return until you come to full repentance and break off your sins by doing what is right in the eyes of God and making amends/restitution with those you have wronged (Matthew 5:23-24; 3:7-8; Luke 19:1-10, etc.). This is all predicated on whether or not the LORD chooses again to draw you (Genesis 6:3; John 3:27; 6:44).
God is not going to bless our lives unless we are willing to sincerely admit our sins, repent and confess them, and make amends (restitution) with anyone we’ve harmed (Proverbs 28:13). In the divine economy, there’s no such thing as being right with God when you’ve done another person wrong, haven’t repented, and haven’t made amends for what you’ve done. Such a person will be outside of the will and blessings of God until he makes things right with God and man (Matthew 5:23-24; 7:12; 22:37-39).
The LORD requires that His people “examine” and “judge” themselves.
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” 2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine and honestly judge yourself and amend your ways or God will judge you.
“For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.” 1 Corinthians 11:31-32
When we attempt to cover/hide our sins, all of His spiritual progress, momentum and divine favor ceases in our lives. Here’s a very important memory verse which teaches just this:
“He that covereth (tries to hide) his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Proverbs 28:13
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Putting God First [podcast]

If God’s Word isn’t important to you, it’s because He isn’t important to you.
If anything comes before the LORD in your day, you are an idolater.
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3
GOD’s WORD cannot get into you if you aren’t into it.
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
Jesus commanded:
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
As you seek God, putting Him first, you are not going to be able to prevent, to stop His blessings coming upon your life. 100%
Memorize this promise from your Savior, today.
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33
What putting Christ first looks like:
Prayer.
“Early will I seek thee.” Psalms 63:1
Read. Study.
“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. Job 23:12
The Bible is far from just amazing information (Psalms 119:98-100; 2 Peter 1:3-4, etc.). More important than vital information coming from our Maker, God’s Word is your spiritual food and without it, without daily ingesting it, you will famish, fall, and ultimately perish.
“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:” 1 Peter 2:2
Read that again: The only way to “grow” is to “desire” and to devour the Word of your great God and King Jesus. He made you to know Him (John 17:3).
The only way to keep, to guard your heart before the LORD, is to keep it full of God’s Word.
“Keep (guard, till the soil of) thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23
In fact, like Job, we must make the spiritual food of God’s Word more important than the food that fuels and keeps healthy our physical body.
“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” Job 23:12
“He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart RETAIN my words: keep my commandments, and live.” Proverbs 4:4
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” Psalms 1
Find. Eat. Rejoice.
“Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16
YOUR PRAYER: Father please unite my heart to fear Thy name. Forgive my sins of spiritual adultery, of self-idolatry. Here and now I renounce my own ownership on my life. It’s Your life LORD. Reign on the throne of this heart and cut away, circumcise any and everything of iniquity in my heart and life. You must increase but I must decrease, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Victory Over “Evil Concupiscence” and Every Sexual Sin [podcast]

“Flee fornication”
“Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:15-20
“Concupiscence” appears 3 times in God’s Word and speaking of having a secret desire for that which is forbidden, namely in sexual lust.
“But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.” Romans 7:8
“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:” Colossians 3:5
“Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:” 1 Thessalonians 4:5
Revelation 19:7-9
“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.”
Colossians 3:1-6
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:”
Memorize Colossians 3:3
“Submerge yourself deeper and deeper into Jesus until you sink out of sight.”!! Unknown
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
“Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.”
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23
Read Psalms 51 and Romans 6 each morning.
PRAYER: Holy Father, please forgive my many sins. Please touch this vessel all the way to the core of who You made me to be. Do Your work in this life You gave. Please unite my heart to fear Thy name and purify this heart O LORD. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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