From time to time amongst the workers of the Gospel, disharmony establishes itself trying to put one against another on behalf of true in which each person believes to possess.

Mind is influenced by clever manoeuvres from sophism, which spreads suspicion in an inglorious combat. Still, some people make themselves truly mercenaries of vanity or other miserable passions.

They seems to defend noble causes and superior ideals, they propagate evil instead extinguishing it. They get pleasure disseminating wrong advises.

They dedicate themselves to evil. They never a word of stimulus for a dignified cause. However, they resolve swamps until find enough material for they furious aggressions.

They are the promoters of destruction on the programmes of Goodness.

In the same way that it is not right to act against the Law, let alone correct to show other’s mistake generating embarrassment and chaos.

If you have anything against someone, go and talk to him with frankness and cordiality.

If you make yourself inspector of someone or any cause, do not be a public relator of their blemishing.

Search for the responsible one and as you talk to him, make sure edifying feelings of help envelops your words.

Do your task of clarifying by helping in the same way as correcting by educating.

On behalf of the truth, do not take anyone to a public execration – in order to get applause from those who identify themselves with scandal and like them, getting pleasure with their misfortune.

As a Christian, remember the teachings of Jesus which says: Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he shall hear you, so hast gained your brother. If he does not want to hear you, take some witness and try it again. If he refuses to hear you, gather the church and explain the fact. If he remains ding wrong, so then you can inform community.

The Codifier of Spiritism equally referred himself to the subject as considering that we have right to reprimand those who incur in serious mistakes and behave badly, as long as it preferably takes into consideration the interests of majority.

However, do not forget that it is necessary scandal, but woe to that man by whom the scandal is provoked.

Jesus, who knew our failings and imperfections, had never been worried in divulging such mistakes, including those from who tried to perturb his pathway.

He had never given up teaching, correcting and supporting us. He was always giving opportunity of edification to those who were living a dishonest life without showing their blemishes in public.

Clarifying by helping.

Never scandal, because it perturbs and conspires against the peace of everyone, but destroying it inclusive in yourself.

Joanna de Angelis

Translated from the book Oferenda – Divaldo P. Franco.

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