Offended People
Some people recently left our church with no word of explanation and without giving anyone any opportunity to talk to them. It turns out that they felt offended. From my perspective, it looks like their offense was from unrealistic expectations.
We should never intentionally offend anyone, and when we find that we have offended them, we should readily apologize. On the other hand, we should choose not to take offense. To be offended means to live in displeasure, and that is an emotion that we choose. We should choose not to have it. If we live in a state of being offended, we will not live in the fulness of God’s blessing, because our sympathies will be focused on ourselves. Being offended is a care that will not bless us, and it is one of those that we are to cast on the Lord.
My concern for people who leave a church because they are offended is that they will soon become offended in the new church where they go.
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