Issue 17 - Day 7

2 Corinthians 2

2 Corinthians 2:4
4)  For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

What is our motivation when we write to someone? These days it would be an email or a text, and it is far easier to say certain things in writing than it would ever be face to face. As one popular cartoon put it recently, “I’m a nice person and would never say anything rude, I just suffer from Email rage!” One gets the impression here that Paul received word that his first letter to the Corinthians, which was basically a long list of their errors, did not go down too well, so he is writing again, making sure it is clear what his motivation was. This is very similar to what Jesus says.

John 3:17
17)  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

We must take care, both in our written word and in our speech, to get our motivation across, and to make sure our motivation is right. However, more importantly remember that our position here on Earth is not to judge, for God will judge, but to love. When dealing with unbelievers they are judged already,
we must love them and so be a witness to them that they may come to salvation not condemnation. When dealing with fellow believers, it is right that we should help one another to walk according to God’s will, but let it be done out of love, not out of judgement.

Love one another, and so fulfill the command of the Lord. Also, let all things be done as unto the Lord. That will change how we word our Emails and Txts!