When to REBUKE

The LORD JESUS declares:

Revelation 3:19

King James Version

19 As many as I love, 

I rebuke and chasten: 

be zealous therefore, 

and repent.

What is rebuke?

What does it mean to rebuke?

How shall we accept rebuke?

Why do we need to be rebuked?

What are we to be rebuked from?

Merriam -Webster defines "rebuke" in two ways:

to criticize sharply : reprimand

to turn back or keep down : check

Which the Bible confirms:

Proverbs 1:22-33

King James Version

22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? 

and the scorners delight in their scorning, 

and fools hate knowledge?

23 Turn you at my reproof: 

behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, 

I will make known my words unto you.

24 Because I have called, and ye refused; 

I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, 

and would none of my reproof:

26 I also will laugh at your calamity; 

I will mock when your fear cometh;

27 When your fear cometh as desolation, 

and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; 

when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

28 Then shall they call upon me, 

but I will not answer; 

they shall seek me early, 

but they shall not find me:

29 For that they hated knowledge, 

and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

30 They would none of my counsel: 

they despised all my reproof.

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, 

and be filled with their own devices.

32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, 

and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, 

and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Proverbs 3:11-12

King James Version

11 My son, 

despise not the chastening of the Lord; 

neither be weary of his correction:

12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; 

even as a father the son 

in whom he delighteth.

Proverbs 12:1

King James Version

12 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: 

but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Proverbs 13:8

King James Version

8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: 

but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Isaiah 1:16-17

King James Version

16 Wash you, make you clean; 

put away the evil of your doings 

from before mine eyes; 

cease to do evil;

17 Learn to do well; 

seek judgment, 

relieve the oppressed, 

judge the fatherless, 

plead for the widow.

A born again is guided by SPIRIT.

The LORD's SPIRIT teaches us about JESUS.

He teaches us about the LORD's commands.

That we may be holy, perfect, and blameless.

Because the world is full of sin.

Romans 3:23

King James Version

23 For all have sinned, 

and come short of the glory of God;

1 John 5:19

King James Version

19 And we know that we are of God, 

and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

That's why the born again must do his job.

To share the gospel of JESUS CHRIST.

That all may be saved.

Philippians 2:14-16

King James Version

14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, 

the sons of God, 

without rebuke, 

in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, 

among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

16 Holding forth the word of life; 

that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, 

that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Such is the importance of being born again.

Such is the importance of Scripture, SPIRIT, and JESUS.

We are taught to rebuke righteously.

John 16:7-11

King James Version

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; 

It is expedient for you that I go away: 

for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; 

but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

8 And when he is come, 

he will reprove the world of sin, 

and of righteousness, 

and of judgment:

9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, 

and ye see me no more;

11 Of judgment, 

because the prince of this world 

is judged.

2 Timothy 4:2-4

King James Version

2 Preach the word; 

be instant in season, out of season; 

reprove, rebuke, exhort 

with all long suffering and doctrine.

3 For the time will come 

when they will not endure sound doctrine; 

but after their own lusts 

shall they heap to themselves teachers, 

having itching ears;

4 And they shall turn away their ears 

from the truth, 

and shall be turned unto fables.

The Bible is filled with stories of rebuke.

From GOD, the prophets, JESUS, and the apostles.

The LORD's call has always been strong.

The rebellion in people has always been rampant.

TIME to HEAR the LORD JESUS now.

Mark 1:15

King James Version

15 And saying, 

The time is fulfilled, 

and the kingdom of God is at hand: 

repent ye, 

and believe the gospel.

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Some verses sourced from Daily Verses, whose "Verse of the Day" is:

Psalm 124:8

King James Version

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, 

who made heaven and earth.

The URGENT call

 

Acts 17:30

King James Version

30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; 

but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

If it was not urgent, GOD wouldn't command it of us.

That we repent.

And sin no more.

To believe the gospel.

For these number of reasons:

The kingdom of GOD is at hand.

Mark 1:15

King James Version

15 And saying, 

The time is fulfilled, 

and the kingdom of God is at hand: 

repent ye, and believe the gospel.

The Rapture could happen ANY moment.

Matthew 24:39-42

King James Version

39 And knew not until the flood came, 

and took them all away; 

so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; 

the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; 

the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 Watch therefore: 

for ye know not 

what hour your Lord doth come.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

King James Version

16 For the Lord himself 

shall descend from heaven 

with a shout, 

with the voice of the archangel, 

and with the trump of God: 

and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain 

shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, 

to meet the Lord in the air: 

and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

A worse thing could come upon sinners.

John 5:14

King James Version

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, 

and said unto him, 

Behold, 

thou art made whole: sin no more, 

lest a worse thing come unto thee.

The wicked shall perish.

Psalm 37:20

King James Version

20 But the wicked shall perish, 

and the enemies of the Lord 

shall be as the fat of lambs: 

they shall consume; 

into smoke shall they consume away.

Unbelievers will die in their sins.

John 8:24

King James Version

24 I said therefore unto you, 

that ye shall die in your sins: 

for if ye believe not that I am he, 

ye shall die in your sins.

All things that offend shall be cast into the furnace of fire.

Matthew 13:40-42

King James Version

40 As therefore the tares are gathered 

and burned in the fire;

 so shall it be in the end of this world.

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, 

and they shall gather out of his kingdom 

all things that offend, 

and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: 

there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Revelation 21:8

King James Version

8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, 

and the abominable, and murderers, 

and whoremongers, and sorcerers, 

and idolaters, and all liars, 

shall have their part in the lake 

which burneth with fire and brimstone: 

which is the second death.

JESUS can return any time.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-4

King James Version

5 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, 

ye have no need that I write unto you.

2 For yourselves know perfectly 

that the day of the Lord so cometh 

as a thief in the night.

3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; 

then sudden destruction cometh upon them, 

as travail upon a woman with child; 

and they shall not escape.

4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, 

that that day should overtake you as a thief.

Revelation 22:12

King James Version

12 And, behold, I come quickly; 

and my reward is with me, 

to give every man according 

as his work shall be.

Anything abominable cannot enter the holy city, the NEW JERUSALEM.

Revelation 21:27

King James Version

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it 

any thing that defileth, 

neither whatsoever worketh abomination, 

or maketh a lie: 

but they which are written 

in the Lamb's book of life.

GOD loves all of us.

He doesn't play favorites.

Jew, or Gentile, He wants all believers saved.

John 3:16-17

King James Version

16 For God so loved the world, 

that he gave his only begotten Son, 

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 

but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world 

to condemn the world; 

but that the world through him 

might be saved.

Romans 10:12-13

King James Version

12 For there is no difference 

between the Jew and the Greek: 

or the same Lord over all is rich 

unto all that call upon him.

13 For whosoever shall call 

upon the name of the Lord 

shall be saved.

Romans 11:32

King James Version

32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, 

that he might have mercy upon all.

Galatians 3:28-29

King James Version

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, 

there is neither bond nor free, 

there is neither male nor female: 

for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 And if ye be Christ's, 

then are ye Abraham's seed, 

and heirs according to the promise.

2 Peter 3:9

King James Version

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, 

as some men count slackness; 

but is longsuffering to us-ward, 

not willing that any should perish, 

but that all should come to repentance.

His call is real.

His call is urgent.

Scripture gives us that call.

We all need to humble ourselves before GOD.

And turn from our ways.

2 Chronicles 7:14

King James Version

14 If my people, 

which are called by my name, 

shall humble themselves, 

and pray, 

and seek my face, 

and turn from their wicked ways; 

then will I hear from heaven, 

and will forgive their sin, 

and will heal their land.

Ezekiel 33:11

King James Version

11 Say unto them, 

As I live, saith the Lord God, 

I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; 

but that the wicked turn from his way and live: 

turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; 

for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Acts 17:26-27

King James Version

26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men

 for to dwell on all the face of the earth, 

and hath determined the times before appointed, 

and the bounds of their habitation;

27 That they should seek the Lord, 

if haply they might feel after him, 

and find him, 

though he be not far 

from every one of us:

One last thing.

Only through JESUS can we be saved.

John 10:27-28

King James Version

27 My sheep hear my voice, 

and I know them, and they follow me:

28 And I give unto them eternal life;

 and they shall never perish, 

neither shall any man pluck them 

out of my hand.

John 14:6

King James Version

6 Jesus saith unto him, 

I am the way, the truth, and the life: 

no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Acts 4:12

King James Version

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: 

for there is none other name under heaven 

given among men, 

whereby we must be saved.

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