Overheard – How to go the other way

Gossip.

Along with murderers, slave traffickers, and haters, those who gossip will not make it to heaven.

Although this is difficult to believe, it is true. Look:

1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Romans 1:28-31

However, if we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, we will be saved from the act of gossiping.

We will actually be able to stop it.

Such good news.

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Katharine is a writer, speaker, women's counselor, and professional mom. Happily married over 50 years to the same gorgeous guy. She loves cooking amazing homegrown food, celebrating grandbabies, her golden-egg-laying hennies, and watching old movies with popcorn. Her writing appears at Medium, Arkansas Women Bloggers, Contently, The Testimony Train, Taste Arkansas, Only in Arkansas, and in several professional magazines and one anthology. View All Posts

2 thoughts on “Overheard – How to go the other way”

I have vivid memories of sitting under a pastor (years ago!) who said that it is just as wrong to listen to gossip as to tell it. The imagery he used is that those who listen have “garbage can ears.”

Katharine Trauger says:

April 15, 2013 at 9:18 pm

Great image!

And that point also was made yesterday in our church. In fact, Scripture even makes that point.

Thanks for this comment, Ruth! 🙂

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