tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15310607.post5735281817994481186..comments2012-05-07T08:11:38.311+10:00Comments on ONESIMUS FILES: Divisions and HeresiesOnesimushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11413061573637313957noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15310607.post-3160193280581276872010-10-08T05:04:09.967+11:002010-10-08T05:04:09.967+11:00Yes, God's Word or man's word? And we mig...Yes, God's Word or man's word? And we might add, God's Love or man's love, as we treat each other? "A new commandment I give to you. Love one another as I have loved you." When it came to the Word, Jesus would answer with the Word. No better an answer! But always in Love. Only Jesus is perfect.... <br />BillBILL HUNThttp://cornerretreat.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15310607.post-33499968568548833302010-10-01T08:42:29.293+10:002010-10-01T08:42:29.293+10:00Thank you all for your encouraging comments.
In p...Thank you all for your encouraging comments.<br /><br />In particular the last sentence in my post was difficult to write.<br /><br />It's easy to see the error out there in others, and its easy to let that error lead us astray in other ways.<br /><br />Those who recognise and avoid false doctrine and practices can fall victim to their own frustration and respond "inappropriately" to those who ARE caught up in the falseness.<br /><br />Before we realise, we can become quarrelsome. <br />With the best of intentions we (I) can easily allow the intended promotion of the truth descend into something far too argumentative. <br />This ususally defeats the purpose by making the "opponent" more defensive and entrenched in protecting their own position.Onesimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413061573637313957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15310607.post-54564675426773298032010-09-30T20:56:15.317+10:002010-09-30T20:56:15.317+10:00Excellent post that brings a lot of hope to a frus...Excellent post that brings a lot of hope to a frustration of mine. It is hard to see some of the church out and out going against the Word. I have never put it in this perspective. It really helps!! Thanks!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15310607.post-91125661457534503072010-09-30T18:16:33.518+10:002010-09-30T18:16:33.518+10:00This, for me, is a most timely and helpful post. T...This, for me, is a most timely and helpful post. Thanks to you and to the Lord for bringing it to me at just the right time.<br /><br />I had just returned from an elder's meeting where I almost 'lost it' in a discussion about worship in our church, and said we were imposing a 'vision' of modernisation on a choir and (older) section of the congregation that was being genuinely hurt by the sweeping away of many things held dear.<br /><br />Without going into the issues, I said that we were dealing with DIVISION rather than VISION, and I came home seriously contemplating resignation.<br /><br />It is such an encouragement to realise the truth of what you said. Bickering - which is now the hallmark of our choir/instrumental leading of praise - is so inharmonious (in every sense) that it flies in the face of the 100-year old text on the wall above the pulpit:<br />"Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness".<br />Like yourself, I am having the greatest difficulty with dealing with this quarreling in my own mind. We do need help! But thanks again for pointing out that it is almost part of a proper 'testing' process.Philip Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266929629062158843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15310607.post-63788928209255582622010-09-30T16:13:48.278+10:002010-09-30T16:13:48.278+10:00You know, I think it all comes down to reading the...You know, I think it all comes down to reading the gospel for oneself and allowing the Holy Spirit to teach. We are no longer a society with few learned persons, unlike a 150yrs ago when you had to be rich to have a schooling. Yet people are too lazy to pick up a Bible and read for themselves. <br />I had a lady show me her rosary beads in the Supermarket the other day and tell me "This is all of the gospel of Mark prayed on here,...DO YOU KNOW THAT."<br />She was a bit hostile. <br />Well it was not the place to talk and I know what the Rosary prayers are, and its not from Mark but a little from Luke, with a some added on..<br />This lady...I knew, believed something she had been told. Not something she had read for herself. I pray God reveals the truth to her. <br />I don't know everything, and I am not perfect, however, I will go to God before a person, to learn about Him...and I believe you do the same. God Bless.Sr Crystal Mary Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03509227559164880311noreply@blogger.com