Unrighteous conduct should never be part of the Christian's life but today we had to deal with a case of alleged sexual harassment. The problem was that the perpetrator would not admit that he had done anything wrong while the accuser said that she had told him to stop on a number of occasions. Now maybe in his mind he thinks that he did nothing wrong but someone else thought differently. So how should a Christian act in those situations? Though we are often tempted to defend our reputation we are often more inclined to be concerned about our reputation than doing what is right. Let us suppose that this man thinks he did nothing wrong shouldn't he still be concerned about making the situation right instead of defending his reputation?
John says, "If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him." 1 John 2:29 What is right in this situation? The right thing is to make things right with those who have accused you. Isn't it better to suffer wrong accusations than to damage the Gospel?
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