The Lord did not say that people will know that you are His disciple by the number of verses you memorize, or by the frequency with which you attend church, or by the number of people that you lead to Christ. He says, “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.” But this love must be blended with rebuke. Possibly one of the greatest weaknesses in the body of Christ today is that we have surrendered our responsibility to discipline one another. Solomon in all of his wisdom was directly to the point on this subject when he said, “Better is open rebuke
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