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Question 9
Sahir said God “seeks honest people, not almost perfect people,” and he described yelling at God with raw honesty—what would it look like in your community to make space for that kind of honesty before God without excusing sin or minimizing obedience?
Another way to ask: Sahir said God wants honest people, not almost perfect people, and he was brutally honest with God. How can your church make room for that kind of honesty without excusing sin or lowering the call to obey God?
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The transcript suggests making space for honesty means inviting people to openly name anger, pain, and disappointment to God while still calling them toward a changed life—pairing listening and compassion with real discipleship and obedience.
- Sahir advises people to “be honest about their anger and discouragement and disappointment” and “cry out to God what they think about God.”
- He shares his own example: he “opened my heart to God… I was very angry,” and used words he “will not use in this episode.”
- He grounds it in God’s character: “there's nothing hidden before God,” and “God seeks honest people, not almost perfect people to make them perfect.”
- He also insists this honesty is part of a process that leads somewhere: after conversion he was “hungry for the word” and wanted “to obey him in everything.”
- He warns against only preaching without lived care (“I saw preaching, not the fruit”), implying communities must combine truth with relational support.