The Cincinnati Church

Loving Confrontation and its Hateful Alternatives
A Study of Leviticus 19:16-18
I. These instructions are twice enforced by the expression “I am the LORD.”
A. This is God's instruction, not a man's opinion.
B. God Himself will hold us accountable to follow these instructions.
C. These instruction had better be heard and followed!
II. A hateful alternative to loving confrontation is going up and down as a talebearer.
A. Talebearer: “One who officiously carries reports of private matters to gratify malice or idle
curiosity.”