Practicing Christian Leadership, Student Workbook, SW11

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D. Practicing Christian exhortation

1. Listen to the Holy Spirit; offer counsel and response based on the clear standards of Scripture and not your own ideas or intuitions, Gal. 5.16-24.

2. Don’t speculate on the salvation status of the offender, let God determine who belongs to him (not us).

a. 2 Tim. 2.19

b. Ps. 1.6

c. 1 Cor. 8.3

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d. Rom. 8.28

3. Get and keep your facts straight when exhorting about particular situations, 2 Cor. 13.1.

4. Let your words be few and “seasoned with salt” (carefully chosen and spoken), Eph. 4.29-30.

5. Be aware of the purpose of your exhortation: encouragement and challenge for edification, James 5.19-20.