Marlin, So who's jesting? I'm a plain spoken gal, if you haven't noticed. When I'm jesting I think I make that quite clear.
I am personally suspicious of anyone who accuses others of being liars and manipulators. My first impulse is to want facts; not innuendos. My experience is that there are usually three fingers pointing back at the person doing the pointing. (Someone I know to be extremely honest and full of integrity has been smeared for years as a "liar and manipulator" by two people with morality on the level of pond scum.) You can't even be up front about who you are pointing at. If you wish to be clear about whom you are accusing of what, we might come to some useful dialogue here. Walk in the light of factual truth; not in the shadows of innuendo. "Let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No. Anything beyond than that comes from the evil one." Izzy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:TruthTalk-owner@;mail.innglory.org] On Behalf Of Marlin Halverson Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Courtesy of Lamar, a Net Friend Dear Izzy, I assume that this forum is based upon some sense of God ruling the universe, and what he reveals, and what we seek. Human conflict must be viewed through spiritual discernment. Even those who do not have this faculty exercised and strong may use the lists in Gal. 5 as a guide to identify the motives of men. The carnal intellect alone can do that with these lists, but tuning in to the Holy Spirit is a more excellent way. Lies have a purpose. The purpose is to serve the one originating the lies. Duly manipulated, purveyors of the lies either blindly or knowingly perpetuate the lies to the same end. I have seen lies showered over martyrs. But the martyrs, a Greek word that means witnesses, must always hold to the truth. This takes discernment and effort. There is the truth of an attitude and spirit behind such jesting. The attitude is based upon superficial understanding of the evidence. Such understanding is judgment. But we must have righteous judgment, or judge not at all, that we be not judged. Put the evidence on trial. This takes diligence and work. Without diligence and work, truth will not be appreciated. Again, ask who benefits? Who benefits from the conflicts? Who serves that power? With Love, Marlin P.S. "And why didn't you answer my questions?" I am not your lord that I should be telling you what to think. The only answers that matter to you are the ones that you are at liberty to see. What matters is what your Lord reveals to you. The more you see, the more sorrow you will have. The more you see, the more you will be judged. Jesus did not always give a straight answer to explain what He could see. There were reasons for this. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ShieldsFamily" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 8:54 AM Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Courtesy of Lamar, a Net Friend > That's funny; your website was all about Jews and Arabs, etc. -- nothing > about "whom we serve". So why the discrepancy? And why didn't you answer > my questions? Izzy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:TruthTalk-owner@;mail.innglory.org] On Behalf Of Marlin Halverson > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Courtesy of Lamar, a Net Friend > > Dear Izzy, > > This is not about Jews and Arabs. This is about whom we serve. Bottom > Line: > > > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
