The Hallmark Of Spiritual Leadership

 This verse outlines the conduct, integrity, and maturity that should be The Hallmark Of Spiritual Leadership, both in the body of Christ and in the home environment. It also gives some instruction to the whole Body of Christ on living godly lives in this fallen world system, as we live in our local communities and interact with a wide variety of unbelievers.
 Our mission is not to improve the world, but to act as salt and light within the world. Although it is good and right to help others, we are not instructed to share a social gospel, as so many teach today. We are not called to make the world a better place, but to share the good news of the gospel of grace, so that men, women, boys, and girls may be saved out of the world - by grace, through faith in Christ.
 We are to shun strife, legal conflict and futile arguments. We should not be drawn into foolish doctrinal disputes about religious law or Church statutes. The Bible reminds us that such controversial interactions are unprofitable and worthless. 
Let us be wise in our dealings with people, whether they are saved or unsaved. Although we should always be ready to give an answer for the hope that we have in Christ, we are not bound to respond to any contentious comments... nor should we feel obligated to answer some inane question, which is designed to instigate an argument.
 We should not waste our valuable time and effort in indulging the divisive tactics of someone whose prime objective is to cause division, within the body of Christ. Let us be wise with our time our talents and our teaching.
Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for this wise advice, to reject a factious person after a first and second warning. Lord, we confess that we have sometimes wasted valuable time, trying to appease certain people, whose obvious aim is to cause division or acrimony within the body of Christ because of some pet preoccupation with one small doctrinal issue, in pursuit of a cherished ideal or to justify their some nonbiblical ideas. Help us to identify those that deliberately seeking to cause division in the body of Christ, and give us the grace and wisdom to remain silent, rather than being pulled into some unfruitful argument. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.