One of the most consistently
frustrating things about Christians is that we seem far more keen on making
sure everyone around us is properly beat over the head with the truth, often
with bile and anger, than in living out the life exemplified by Christ, with
mercy and love.
Do you perceive that
this goes on here Gregory? That is, beating people over the
head with truth accompanied with bile and anger? yes judy, you!
Look at the beatitudes. Truth is important, but
it comes to people who have ears to hear. Our job is less to
demand that they see the truth, than to LIVE the truth. The great
saints down through history saw this as job one - becoming like Christ
inside, so that their lives radiated his love and wisdom.
How does one LIVE the
truth on an internet list Gregory? How is one to
radiate this love and wisdom by email other than
through words. Actually what is in a person's heart ultimately becomes
evident because it proceeds out of the mouth/through the
keyboard. Judging the motives of others is also an ungodly trait and a
lot of that goes on here. by following a different
example than the one Judy shows.
James was very clear that wisdom is
linked to love and holiness: "Who is wise and understanding among
you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility
that comes from wisdom.. . . "
Yes and James also defines the two kinds
of wisdom it is possible to walk in "that which comes from above and is pure
and peaceable and full of good fruit or that which is earthly sensual and
demonic" I'm sure you will find some of both on TT if you stay long
enough.
The entire book of Jamesis a rebuke
to those who think KNOWING the truth is more important than DOING the
truth. And the second course of the meal is Phillipians, where
radiating the love which only comes from devotion to Christ is preeminent,
not how well we have become little truth Nazis.
IYO Gregory does loving God's Word make
one a little "truth Nazi?"
When its from the judy taylor school of
theology.
Then, the third course is I John, where the topic is
brought to a supreme and sublime offering unequaled in any book ever
written, in my opinion. When we stand in
front of the dread judgment seat, the test is not how well we shoved every
abstruse point of theology down the throats of the ignorant, but how we
lived the great truths we already know, and taught the others with mercy and
peace, so as to edify the listener, not stir up emnity.
True, but if you will note the
experience of God's messengers of truth through scripture Gregory you
will see how their message always stirred up emnity and strive.
God's people killed his prophets and everywhere Paul and Silas went there
were riots. Jesus Himself had to hide out and pass through at least
one crowd who wanted to throw him off a cliff (a crowd of God's covenant
people no less). I'm as against "abstruse theology" as anyone and am
aware that the servant of the Lord must not strive. However, this is an open
list full of professing believers .... who love God and it follows that
they should also love His Word. Do you have a problem with
that? jht
judy, do you have a problem with being
civil?
Jeff
Life makes warriors of us all.
To
emerge the victors, we must arm
ourselves with the most potent of
weapons.
That weapon is prayer.
--Rebbe Nachman of
Breslov
Slade, my heart is not to demean anyone and I
don't know what you mean by "piss and vinegar" as this term
is not in my vocabulary. Please explain to
me how scripture and history demeans people. Are you
thinking
that Messiah maybe softened things up a little to keep from hurting
people's feelings? judyt
Perhaps you should allow Christ in your OWN life so that JUDY can
be conformed to His Image. I am tired of your consistently demeaning
posts. This is not Christlike behavior. Leave your piss and vinegar
elsewhere please. Messiah never behaved like you are with people ho were
genuinely looking to improve their walk. He showed mercy. You show
none.
-- slade
If this is so then why didn't Calvin allow
Him to reveal Christ in His own life so that Calvin
could be conformed to His image?
It certainly wasn't the Holy Spirit
leading Calvin first off to
merge Church and State in Geneva and it
wasn't the Holy Spirit who led him to have
another
believer burned at the stake; nor was
it the Holy Spirit who kept him from
ever repenting for
his part in such a horrendous event.. to
anyone's knowledge. jt
