JAMES 5:9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
BECAUSE WE ARE FAMILY
JAMES 5:9a Do not grumble against one another, brothers,
JOHN 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, He gave the right to become children of God
BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR IT
JAMES 5:9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil
BECAUSE GOD HATES IT
JAMES 5:9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
PROVERBS 6:16-19 There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him... ... a person who sows discord among brothers.
BECAUSE IT IS FOOLISH
JAMES 4:1-2 What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them.
“Thomas Watson is right to remind us that ‘murmuring is the devil's music’. There is something radically wrong with anyone who seems always to be looking for faults, unsettling relationships or causing some kind of disturbance in the church or elsewhere.” John Blanchard
BUILD UP > DESTROY
1 THESSALONIANS 5:11 So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.
HARMONY > WAR
ROMANS 14:19 So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up.
DISCIPLE > CONDEMN
MATTHEW 18:15 If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.
PHILEMON 1:8-9 Though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required, yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you.