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about perfection, but I am talking about walking the walk. Then there are other people in the church who are too ignorant of Scripture to be able to adequately admonish somebody else. But every church must have some, hopefully many, members who are mature enough to be admonishers.D. How do we do it?How should we admonish one another? a.Admonish violations of Scripture, and let's let that be the parameter.Some of you may think this violates the command to \Romans. Paul said \14:13); \do want you to also admonish one another. I want you to correct one another.\15:14) You may be scratching your head and asking, %understand.\All we're seeing here again is the need for balance and discernment in the body. If you haven't figured it out, let me make it clear for you. Paul in Romans 14 and 15 argues that there is considerable room in the body for opinion. In fact, there is considerable room for personal conviction. But there is no room in the body for deliberate sin. Paul made it clear that in matters of opinion and personal conviction, there should be acceptance. But admonishment brings a brother or a sister face to face with the teaching of Scripture. We must humbly and lovingly point out these violations. I like what one old preacher said, \you can't bring God's Word into the matter, then the matter is not worth bringing up.\That's the parameter for admonishment.b. Be sure to examine your own life.A man stepped on one of those old timey scales and put in his nickel. It gave him a little card along with his weight. He nudged his wife and said, \handsome, witty, and intelligent.\\, and it's got your weight wrong, too.\admonish somebody else? You really do need to weigh your life. Jesus taught that principle in the Sermon on the Mount \before you look at that giant beam sticking out of your own eye.\cannot be an admonisher until you first examine your own walk with God and be sensitive to it.Let me give you a little caveat. You're not qualified to be an admonisher until you, yourself, can receive admonishment. If you think there are not areas in your life that occasionally don't need correction, you had better think twice. You better mark thatwell. c.Confront the individual, personally.Now this is hard. Confront the individual personally. Public admonition is not to be used to avoid personal confrontation. Neither does sending a letter or email. The Bible teaches that public admonition is the last step in correcting a person.