I often think we minimize Paul's words. In the name of gentleness and kindness talked about in the last chapter, we fail to confront people with sin. Mostly because we don't want to be confronted. Look closely at the list: lover of self, lover of money, boastful, proud, blasphemer, disobedient, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, slanderer, no self-control, brutal, no love for good works, traitors, reckless, conceited, loves pleasure more than God, yet calls himself "christian".
God is calling us to a different kind of life. He is calling us to holiness. It has never been easy. It has always been worth it.
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