These are honorable children of the Most High — who have failures like me. They are sinners of whom I am the worst. These are the beloved of the Lord, God, Jesus Christ. I honor all these men and women of God for all the good they have done for so many. They have fought, tried hard, bled, sacrificed, failed, been traumatized — some as kids, been under demonic attacks. I honor you — and I grieve with you at the sins, failures and mistakes.
I grieve at the lack of depth of understanding in the church generally historically of the Jesus-based trauma therapy needed to free His children. I offer my help first to victims and also to those who have perpetrated sin—the help I have needed and received directly from Jesus, by grace through faith, for my trauma, my associated demons, and the theologically erroneous lies that had kept me chained. Please contact me and get help. Not to lift me up — but to truly help. So we can all — even more than before — become trophies of His grace.
Paul publicly rebuked Peter (and Barnabas was led astray; Galatians 2:11-14) over the issue of salvation by good works or losing it by bad works — or by grace through faith in Jesus alone. He did this, as he wrote to Timothy in 1 Timothy 5:20, “so that the others may take warning.” This is why we must do the same still today: not because we want revenge or to look better than others, but because we need warnings to repent, and healthy discernment, judgment, and evaluation filters do that.
Read more: Matthew 18:15-20 (Bible Gateway)