Don't be a surety for anyone!
• “My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given a pledge for a *stranger*, if you have been snared with the words of your mouth, have been caught with the words of your mouth, do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor. Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids; deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Who does the evil ought to suffer the penalty, for if we rescue him, we will only have to do it again (Proverbs 19.19). We never ought to bestow our lives to put somebody free. Jesus did this on the cross.
David was clear:
• “I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread” (Psalms 37.25).
Therefore, if the person is in debt is because this one is ply in bad, selfish activities. Otherwise, they would be bolsterd by Jesus (Proverbs 37.17) won’t be committed in something that go against the Holy Scripture (Romans 13.8) (it’s good to recall that the crony, here, is a stranger, someone that feed a feud for Jesus and His word).
• “Do not be among those who give pledges, among those who become guarantors for debts. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?” (Proverbs 22.26,27).
Let’s not entangle ourselves in this. Nonetheless, if we got entrapped in this mistake, behold what to do:
First:
• “You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.” (1Peter 5.5-7).
Second: importune your comrade. Don’t bear yourself on his feeling, regarding you, specially because we can’t keep in touch with someone who can’t welcome or carry out Jesus’ teachings (2Chronicles 19.2; Acts 16.20,21).
Furthermore, harassing somebody means to stir up people to do what is good (as in the parable of Luke 11.5-8).
So, let’s bring forth what Jesus put of best inside people around us, whether is opportune or not (2Tm 4.3,4), even if we need to go toward unpleasant places (Psalms 23.4; Luke 14.23).
Have a day in Christ full of good opportunities to glorify His name.
• “My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given a pledge for a *stranger*, if you have been snared with the words of your mouth, have been caught with the words of your mouth, do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor. Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids; deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Who does the evil ought to suffer the penalty, for if we rescue him, we will only have to do it again (Proverbs 19.19). We never ought to bestow our lives to put somebody free. Jesus did this on the cross.
David was clear:
• “I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread” (Psalms 37.25).
Therefore, if the person is in debt is because this one is ply in bad, selfish activities. Otherwise, they would be bolsterd by Jesus (Proverbs 37.17) won’t be committed in something that go against the Holy Scripture (Romans 13.8) (it’s good to recall that the crony, here, is a stranger, someone that feed a feud for Jesus and His word).
• “Do not be among those who give pledges, among those who become guarantors for debts. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?” (Proverbs 22.26,27).
Let’s not entangle ourselves in this. Nonetheless, if we got entrapped in this mistake, behold what to do:
First:
• “You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.” (1Peter 5.5-7).
Second: importune your comrade. Don’t bear yourself on his feeling, regarding you, specially because we can’t keep in touch with someone who can’t welcome or carry out Jesus’ teachings (2Chronicles 19.2; Acts 16.20,21).
Furthermore, harassing somebody means to stir up people to do what is good (as in the parable of Luke 11.5-8).
So, let’s bring forth what Jesus put of best inside people around us, whether is opportune or not (2Tm 4.3,4), even if we need to go toward unpleasant places (Psalms 23.4; Luke 14.23).
Have a day in Christ full of good opportunities to glorify His name.
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