According to thefreedictionary.com, a fault finder is one who is given to petty criticism and constant complaints. Fault-finding, no matter the intentions, tend to drive wedges between people. Fault finders are hardly problem solvers; they spend more time complaining rather than of addressing the problems. Fault-finding is contrary to the Christian spirit. Are you a fault finder, BETTY AMUKPO asked, and some children responded thus:
‘I am not a fault finder, but when someone does something wrong, I do tell them their faults’
I am not a fault finder, but when someone does something wrong, I do tell them their faults so that they learn and change for the better which will be better for them, their family and wherever they find themselves. Telling people their fault is better but finding fault in people is not good, because we are not perfect. It was also written in the book of Matthew 18:15 that “Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother”.
• Eyinade Gideon
‘I personally don’t find fault in people; we are all unique in our ways’
Who is a fault finder? A fault finder is one who feels superior to his or her neighbour. In finding fault with people, we are likely to mistake appearance for substance. Romans 3:23 states,“We have all sinned and come short of the glory of God.” When we find fault with someone, it means we are looking for their mistakes and at the end we complain about it to others. In Matthew 18:15, it is written, “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother” The Bible tells us to love our neighbours as ourselves and do unto others what you want them do to you. I personally don’t find fault in people; we are all unique in our ways and that is what makes the world an interesting place to live in.
• Victoria Okefe
‘I have learnt to own up to my problems as my responsibility rather than pointing at others’
Like other children I most often point to my siblings whenever issues arise in our house, just like in Genesis 3:12-19 when Adam and Eve were aportioning blames instead of owning up to their problems. But after reading Mathew 7:5 when Jesus admonished me to first remove the beam (log ) out of my own eye, and then I can see clearly to remove the speck out of my brother’s eye. I learnt to own up to my problems as my responsibility rather than pointing at others.
• Onuh Maximilian Uchechukwu
‘If someone makes mistake, I will call the person aside and correct with love’
A fault is a mistake in what someone has done. Nobody is above mistake. Fault finders are those who are always quick to point out error or criticise what other do but fail to acknowledge their own mistake. No, I am not a fault finder. If someone makes mistake, I will call the person aside and correct with love. If I make a mistake and I am corrected, I will accept my mistakes; I become sorry about it and take correction. The word of God in Matthew 7:1-5 says “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ” Matthew 18:15 says “If your brother sin against you, go to him and show him his fault. But do it privately, just between yourselves.” If he listens to you, you have won your brother back. In 2nd Samuel 12:1-13 when God sent prophet Nathan to King David for killing Uriah the Hittite in war front and took his wife. Prophet Nathan went in and spoke to the king using the story of the rich man and a poor man. After the story, King David was quick to pick the sin of the Richman and said he deserved to die, but King David did not realise his own fault of killing Uriah and taking his wife. The prophet said to him, you are the man. David repented and was forgiven by God. Finding fault in others and not seeing your own mistake is a sin against God and humanity. So we should not be fault finders but those who correct with love and accept our own short coming. Peace be with us all.
• Anyasor Chibuike Raphael
‘We all have faults as we are imperfect’
A fault finder is a person who criticises often in a way that is not fair or reasonable. I am not a fault finder; I try as much as I can not to be one. Many people are fault finders. We all have faults as we are imperfect. The Bible says; “If we find ourselves feeling superior to our neighbour, we likely have forgotten that we also have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23). It just means all of us here are fault finders, don’t judge people by forgetting you too have sinned in your own way. Rather, “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother”. Hebrews 8:8
• Blossom Akalezi
‘Jesus asks, ‘why then do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the log in your own eye?
No. I am guided by Matthew 7:1 which says ‘do not judge others, so that God will not judge you’. Jesus condemns fault finding when He asks, ‘why then do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the log in your own eye?’ – Matthew 7:3.
• Ajaebili Michael Ekene
‘I encourage all not to be fault finders because we have not yet seen or corrected our own faults’
I am not a fault finder, who is a fault finder? A fault finder is a person who criticises someone or something often in a way that is not fair or reasonable. I encourage all who are reading this not to be fault finders because we have not yet seen or corrected our own faults, Matthew 7:1-5.
• Ebubechukwu Chinedu
