“Love Without Rebuke”
Monday, July 7, 2025Key Verse
“For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.” 1 Samuel 3:13
Text — 1 Samuel 3:11-18
Message
It is often said that when two brothers come out of a meeting room smiling and chuckling they have not spoken the truth to each other. The truth is hard and will often turn you from the wrong path.
Sue attends a school owned by his mother’s friend. He is a very playful and stubborn boy, so the mom’s friend placed him in a special class where he could be properly monitored. He was very uncomfortable with this development and he cooked up a story that made the mother to withdraw him and he was taken to another school. In the new school, he played as he wanted and soon joined the group of the big boys in the school. Nobody called him to order nor did his parent check how he was doing. Soon he was expelled from school as he could not pass promotion examinations thrice.
The sons of Eli were left to themselves; no correction, no counselling, no rebuke and so they and their father died the same day. This was a tragedy. Do you feel sad and withdrawn when your parents or teachers correct you? It is only someone that loves you that corrects you so you don’t end up in a bad way.
Further Reading
Proverbs 29:1-5
Prayer for today
Help me Lord, to appreciate those who correct me and take heed to their instructions.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
