Here is today’s Bible reading:  Leviticus 19:1-20:21; Mark 8:11-9:1; Psalm 42:1-11; Proverbs 10:17.

Leviticus 19:17 (NIV)
” ‘Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt.

Way back in Genesis Cain asked the question, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”  The answer is a resounding, “Yes.”  As the Apostle Paul teaches in Romans 12 and other passages, we are members of a Body and all the members belong to each other.  Therefore, we have a God-given responsibility to confront each other about sin.  To fail to do so is described as hate and the consequence is that we are just as guilty as the one actually committing the sin.  This is a hard teaching in our “It’s none of your business” culture.  May God give us the courage to be the Body.