Good servants and wicked servants (praying, disciples, Israel, God)
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Yes, in the "heat of the battle" we tend to get passionate about being right and winning the debate as opposed to being passionate about edifying others. It's not easy being human.....
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Originally Posted by legoman
Good thread Finn!
Verses for thought:
2 Tim 2
22 Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.
24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.
25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth,
26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
2 Peter 1
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,
11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
As in all things, love is the key.
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Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber
The key is to act it, not just talk about it. Yes?
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Originally Posted by legoman
Yes. That's what love is, right? Love is an action - being patient, kind, gentle, forgiving, selfless, with self-control, etc. That is what I mean when I'm talking about love.
Indeed that is the tricky part.
By Jove!!! Unity of brethren truly on display here and I say Aye...
I am a wicked servant, I acknowledge this, I simply know that God is so much greater than me that is the direction I will go, this doesn't mean I beat myself up or have no hope in Jesus, I simply am not going to pretend to be anyone I am not.
I am a wicked servant, I acknowledge this, I simply know that God is so much greater than me that is the direction I will go, this doesn't mean I beat myself up or have no hope in Jesus, I simply am not going to pretend to be anyone I am not.
To be wicked, or not to be wicked is a choise most of the time. You can choose o forgive, or not to forgive.
Last edited by Finn_Jarber; 11-19-2010 at 03:55 PM..
Ahhhh. Such a good thread. I think sometimes God removes the blinders from our eyes so we can take a good spiritual look at one another to let us remember that we are brothers and sisters in Him despite our doctrinal differences.
I see Christians edifying one another here, and a gathering of the church..God Bless you all.
Let me point out that not everyone posting in this thread is "Christian".
My point with that is to recognize that while we may associate with different religions, there are often many more similarities than there are differences, especially when it comes to the core values. Religion is merely the language of spirituality. Meaning that just as there are different languages in the world with which we use to communicate with one another (spanish, english, french, arabic, etc - one is not better than the other, just different and particular to the region and history and culture one comes from) - the language of spirituality is the way with which we communicate with God and about God and the deeper meaning of this life and this world and this existence.
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