Thirsting Souls Bible Teaching

(2Ti 4:1) “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ,….. (2) …. exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”   The word, “exhort” here is not so much “to build up” as it is “to call near to comfort”. The goal of reproving and rebuking is never for the harm of the individual, but  (1) for the reputation of our Savior and our God, and (2) for the repentance and thus bringing back into right fellowship with their God and thus with His people. Number one can surely be accomplished. Number two has to do with the will and heart of the offender.