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"People will take you for granted if you apologise and accept your fault"
📖 Related Verses (13)
1Corinthians 4:4 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not thereby justified: but he that judges me is the Lord.
Acts 2:22 "You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know:"
What you do to earn respect from men earns not respect and praise from God but what you do to earn respect from God only will eventually earn respect and praise from all men. When people respect you it does not mean that you receive God's respect but when God respects and praises you God will make all men eventually respect and praise
Colossians 3:17 "And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him."
It is not about what people say and think that Matters but what God says and thinks about what I say and do for my life is to be lived unto God and not unto men
James 5:16 "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."
apologising and accepting your fault is a step towards yoir healing which is more valuable than loss of respect from others. Besides God respects those who confess their faults because in so doing they obey His word
Jeremiah 9:24 "
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Luke 18:14 "
Matthew 10:26 "
Our true state before God cannot be hidden forever but can always be continually improved when we are quick to acknowledge and confess oir faults
Matthew 6:24 "
My love for the praise and pleasure of God is seen in my despise for the praise and pleasure of men because it is impossible to love both
Matthew 6:4
Proverbs 28:13 He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.
All men are to be despised because all men are sinners but those who are quick to acknowledge confess and repent from their faults receive honour from God and grace to become better.
Psalm 51:17 "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise."
Romans 3:9 "What then? are we better than they? No, in no way: for we have before proved both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;"
I am not justified by men neither am I justified by myself but I am justified by God. That is why I must leave all judgements to Him.The judgements of God are perfect satisfying in every sense and cannot be improved whatsoever because they are done in love and righteousness. God judges men so that He can minister grace and bring forth righteousness in men