Who said 'brevity is the soul of wit'? Hmmmmmmm I think it was the G-man.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: December 04, 2004 12:09 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The Schizophrenic God > John Smithson wrote: > > Do you not remember just how pro-David > > Miller I once was? I Defended you and took > > a great deal of abuse for that defense. > > Of course I remember how the Lord used you to defend me in a very similar > misunderstanding involving other people. However, if you were doing this > because you were "pro-David Miller," that would have been an inappropriate > motive. Perhaps this is why we are where we are today. God does not want > you or anyone else being "pro-David Miller." Our eyes need to be on the > Lord only. We are but clay vessels that are used from time to time for the > Master's purpose. You know these things already. > > John Smithson wrote: > > And, for a while, the idiot followed me to this forum. > > This line with the "idiot" word is the primary reason that I am responding > to this post. Please do not call a fellow believer in the Lord an idiot. > Do you not realize how dangerous this is (e.g., Mat. 5:22)? > > Moreoever, you are, perhaps, the one who chimes in the loudest in blasting > others like me and Izzy for being offensive, but you cannot see how your own > language and attitude far surpasses anything I have ever written. Where > have I called you or anyone else an idiot? I am longsuffering with you > because I realize that you do not know what you are doing. At the same > time, I would be derelict in my love for you if I did not try and > communicate with you precisely in what way my heart grieves when you speak > this way. Furthermore, what is before my mind is how people like Izzy might > tire of your blindness and would leave the list because the abuse they > receive from you causes them to respond in similar fashion only to be > rebuked by those same people for following that example. > > Jonathan characterized my corrective posts as "giving a piece of my mind." > Such is very far from the truth. It gives me no pleasure to speak in this > way. I speak correctively in as meek a manner as I know how without just > forgetting about it. Could I do it in a better and more edifying way? > Certainly. I give it my best but I am always growing and hopefully will do > better as I mature. > > John Smithson wrote: > > And look where we are today. How does one who was > > quite taken with you -- that would be me -- get on your > > wrong side? Keep saying that it is all Smithson's fault and > > you will never know. > > I don't blame you for anything in regards to the lack of love that you have > towards me. I know that it is very difficult to love someone who tells you > that you are wrong about something. Know this, however, that while you > think we are opposites and you think that I disagree with about 90% of what > you write, my perspective is very different. I do not consider us > opposites, and I think that I agree with about 90 to 95% of what you write. > It is that small fraction where there are wrinkles that I sometimes work on. > It is my calling. > > I know that for many people, while they might not go outside with clothing > on that has a spot, they might allow a wrinkle. They figure nobody really > cares, or maybe it will come out over time on its own. God does not have > this attitude. He is coming for a bride without spot or wrinkle. > Therefore, he places some in the body to work on the perfection of the body > of Christ. Some people think the wrinkles are trivial and don't need to be > addressed. God thinks otherwise. So he finds some lowly clay vessels, > garbage men if you will, someone who has no reputation and nothing to lose > to do the dirty work. He bypasses the pastors and clergy, he bypasses the > great theologians, and he chooses the insignificant guy on the street who > would rather go fishing. We who do this are discarded by those who become > pressed to seek God out in a deeper way because of what we have said to > them. We are vilified, but they are praised. We decrease, but they > increase. We become the dung of the earth in their eyes, but they become > the rose of the earth and the apple of God's eye. No wonder our Lord taught > us that he that would save his life would lose it. Our joy is seeing others > prosper and getting out those wrinkles that they had always considered to be > trivial and unimportant. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." 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