Sometimes It's Best NOT to Reprove Scorners
I just had a thought that we want to prove people just because we've grown up with them, we've been friends but sometimes we really need to stay back after we have reproved once or twice leaving them to the justice system to punish them. Reason? Proverbs 9:7-8 says, "He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getting himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man and he will love thee."
That is sometimes we have to learn to give up because stupid people do not become wise because of other people, they become wise when they choose to accept wisdom. Having that kind of problem with scorners? What we really need is to consider what was even our motives in correcting people- is it out of care or out of a desire to overpower?
Sometimes we have the motive of care but it does become an excruciating exercise. It can be true for parents with hard-headed children- sometimes they have to let their children face the consequences and NOT cuddle them so they mature. People become mature not only by healthy advice but also by learning from their mistakes. We can't afford to nag scorners lest we get into trouble with them. They can be very bad so why bother? You've done your part, just pray for the scorner.
God bless!
Sometimes we have the motive of care but it does become an excruciating exercise. It can be true for parents with hard-headed children- sometimes they have to let their children face the consequences and NOT cuddle them so they mature. People become mature not only by healthy advice but also by learning from their mistakes. We can't afford to nag scorners lest we get into trouble with them. They can be very bad so why bother? You've done your part, just pray for the scorner.
God bless!