READ: Proverbs 15:5-12, 31-32
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2 Timothy 3:16
Do not allow the rebukes and the corrections of God’s word to turn you into a monster. Allow God’s word to have its perfect work. Remember that scripture does not exist to pamper you. Nor does scripture exist to praise you. It exists to inspire you, to teach you doctrine, to reprove you, to correct you and to instruct you. You cannot come to God without being rebuked.
Accept that painful corrections and sharp rebukes will be part of your life if you are at a place where the scripture is taught and preached in truth. I am sad to report to you that many people do not take rebukes well. This means that many people do not take a large part of the word of God well.
If you do not flow with the rebukes, you do not flow with God. If you do not flow with corrective measures, you do not flow with most of God’s words. Unfortunately, some people who are rebuked are often offended and turn into monsters.
A “monster” is someone who has deviated grotesquely from the natural, normal form. It is amazing that when the truth is confronted and addressed by an authority figure, people get terribly offended and metamorphose into monsters. People who are offended turn into frightful, shocking and outrageous versions of themselves.
Pastors who are offended turn into shocking variations of what they used to be before they were offended. Christians who are offended turn into something so different that they are unrecognizable.
Do not allow yourself to turn into a monster when you are corrected and rebuked. You will deviate grotesquely from the normal, if you do not respond properly to rebukes and corrections.