Resisting Gossip – Part 4: Regretting Gossip (chapter 9)
As much as we may want to, we can’t just take words back [think of the old youth group illustration where you see how fast you can squeeze all the toothpaste out of a tube and then the leader says, “Now put it all back in the tube.”
Lesson: that is the same with our words, once they are out of our mouths, you can’t put them back.]
When we gossip we should and will have regret – several reasons:
1. Gossip is Sin
2. Gossip hurts People
3. Gossip is Irretrievable
So, what can and should we do after we engage in gossip
1. Repent – 2 Corinthians 12:20-21 ~ this should also contain true confession
2. Retract the sinful gossip
some cases it might make a relationship worse if you approach people and apologize for gossiping about
them
~ How serious was the content of my gossip?
~ How seriously could the gossip affect my relationship with this person or impact his reputation?
~ How far did the bad news travel?
3. Receive Jesus’ Cleansing – 1 John 1:9
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