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As Christians, we should be discerning, but not condemning.

The Bible even says, speak the truth in love.

Now the problem is, some will speak the truth, but not in love.

They use the Bible like a weapon to destroy.

Often, the truth hurts.

Do we enjoy hurting people with the truth?

Pastor Greg Laurie says we should be compelled by love.

God's love.

Our desire should always be to restore, not condemn, a person, in sin.

This is the day when the lost are found.

This is the day for a moment again.

Amazing grace, God, we must know.

Again you hear the holy angel, the sweet name.

This is the day when the lost are found.

The Lord tells us he's not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

He has God judge his sinners, but that's not his desire.

What's hard is dire?

When someone is in sin, do we reflect the Lord's objective that we should lovingly lead them back into fellowship with God?

Well today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie takes this to important counsel from the sermon on the Mount.

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