John wrote: > ... that would have over looked the intrinsic > value of shared thinking.
I have always said it this way. No man on earth has the full revelation of Christ within himself. The fullness of Christ is revealed only through his ekklesia (assembly), as we are in relationship with one another. There are some truths that we will never receive directly through the Spirit or through reading the Bible for ourselves, but God has determined that some truth will be revealed to us through our brothers and sisters who are in Christ. In other words, if I want to know the whole truth, I cannot ignore the community of Christ. Another analogy I often give is that understanding truth is a lot like holding up a coin in the midst of a circle of people. Some people view one side of the coin while others view the other side. We can sit around and fight about how one side is inaccurately representing the description of the coin, or we can lighten up and realize that there are two sides to the coin and some of us cannot view the other side except through our neighbor. When we walk in love toward one another, we will listen to our neighbor and gain a more full knowledge of the coin by doing so. Of course, we must recognize also that some people are not looking at the coin and want to enter into the dialogue and so they make stuff up. Some people too might just want to try and misrepresent the coin for their own personal reasons. And then there are those sincere people who are just not very good at describing what they see. Such makes the whole situation a little less than pristine as we seek to distinguish those who are accurately describing the coin from those who are not. 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." (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.
