🧵 **Thread on Correction vs. Rejection** 1/ Some say correction isn’t rejection, but love. True—if done in love. “Speaking the truth in love” (Eph 4:15) shows correction’s heart. But some "elders" chasten for their own pride, not love. 🧐 2/ Pastors & preachers who don’t operate in the Spirit become fleshy fathers. Like earthly fathers who abuse, these act in pride, not holiness. Their correction tears down, not builds up. 😔 3/ Scripture warns us: *Heb 12:9-10 (KJV)* “Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us... they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but [God] for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.” 4/ Fleshly fathers correct for control or ego. God’s correction? Always for our good, shaping us in holiness. Let love guide all things: “Let love be without dissimulation” (Rom 12:9). 🙏 5/ So, when corrected, ask: Is this from love or pride? True spiritual fathers correct to lift you up, not tear you down. #Faith #Wisdom