GOSSIP

This morning, I prayed to the Lord asking what should I write about in the Internet Church topics? The word that came out was “Gossip.” What about Gossip, I asked the Lord. Gossip will cause a great deal of dissension within Christian churches. It is the work of the enemy (Satan, Devil). The devil wants to cause dissension in order to break the congregation of the church. The person who is gossiping may not know that the devil has pierced into their mind. If a person speaks negatively about other people, that person may speak negatively about you one day. What I normally do is smile and walk away or I would say, “Stop it, in the name of Jesus.”
Usually, they speak negatively about Pastors, Ministers, Members, Elders, and Deacons or even about other churches. Sometimes people asked me, what church is good? My answer is any Christian church that comes in the name of the Lord Jesus is good. Spiritually, we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. Gossiping start like, do you know what I heard or what I saw? The person who is listening to the gossip will be just as sinful as the person who is saying it. He or she may have to answer to God for it. For me, that would be the most fearful moment. We cannot judge a person; only God can judge us fairly. If we judge, then God’s judgment may come upon us or on our family. We cannot blame God for it. We must blame ourselves.
Many times, gossip is not true. I have experienced it in fishing stories. Let’s say a person named Wayne caught 100 fish in Hilo bay in Hawaii. The weeks went by and the story had gone through approx. 30 people or so. The last person heard that Wayne caught 300 fish in the Hilo bay area.
Just for the fun, you can experience this by having 40 to 60 people participate in an experiment. First, have one person write on a piece of paper, “Last night, Wayne caught a 4 ¾ pound fish in the Hilo bay area.” Now, have each person whisper the message into the next person’s ear without letting the other people hear it. At the end, have the last person of the group stand up and repeat what he or she heard. I truly believe it will not be the same as what the first person wrote on the piece of paper. Gossiping can be the same way.
Remember, gossiping is a sin and a true Christian will never gossip, but try to walk in a Godly way. The bottom line is don’t gossip. Amen!!!
 
From Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason