The Profile of the Slanderer - Wednesday Service

Main message: The sermon warns against slander by showing that it flows from judging people according to the flesh rather than through the finished work of Jesus. The preacher urges believers to live by grace, pursue reconciliation, and trust God’s justice instead of accusing or exposing others.

Key points:

• Slander reveals a flesh-based perspective that reduces people to their appearance, mistakes, or past.
• Christians are called to “judge righteous judgment” and to know no one “after the flesh.”
• Slander aligns with the ministry of accusation, which belongs to Satan, not believers.
• The slanderer often needs others to fail, or needs exposure and control, because of spiritual insecurity.
• Sustained slander exposes the condition of the heart and a failure to see others as God’s image-bearers.
• Believers should live in grace, avoid retaliating, and trust God to vindicate and keep them.

Scriptures mentioned: John 8:15, John 7:24, 2 Corinthians 5:16, Revelation 12:10, Romans 4:15, 2 Corinthians 3:6, Matthew 12:34, James 3:9-10, 1 Corinthians 6:7