I have been a 'little' discouraged lately and tempted to stray off the narrow road of love. I want to thankTaz,Strutand Jonathanfor admonishing me not to give up on love. There words actually have been like akind handleading me back on the straight and narrow.
Thanks.
Brother Chuck
God Bless you Chuck, and like I have said many times, I have learned a great deal from you, you lead an example of love, kindness and generosity that we all need to strive for.
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Strut,
Thanks for the encouraging words and I have learned a ton from you. I will be so glad when the strife here is over. Reading all these post I can see why outsiders would not want to be a Christian. Truly the Lord said "By love they will know." So the enemy does his best to make sure that love won't happen. I know God would be so thrilled to see us come back in a spirit of humility and love. Love should be greater than our personal convictions and doctrinal views.
We truly need to grow up in love. Thanks for the encouragement and I can't wait till this over.
Chuck
Edited for spelling.
Thanks Brother Chuck, as Strut said, I have learned an awful lot of love and humilty from you Brother, you do bring an awful lot of good to the board even when the judgement and bashing start to roll. When I see the bashing and judgement start I stratch my head and wonder....... where is the love of Christ in this?
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The Tazman aka Martin Price
Proud father of a Devil Dog
Thanks Brother Chuck, as Strut said, I have learned an awful lot of love and humilty from you Brother, you do bring an awful lot of good to the board even when the judgement and bashing start to roll. When I see the bashing and judgement start I stratch my head and wonder....... where is the love of Christ in this?
I have seen disagreements on this board. That is what people do. Even those in the Bible didn't always agree. I don't see all this "bashing and judgement" that I keep hearing about. I just see people expressing their views.
For instance, I don't think Mormons are right. That is not bashing. It is not judgment. I can tell you why I think Mormons are not right. By the same token, Mormons are free to express their views. A free exchange of views is not "bashing". Icannot control what another says or thinks. Similarly, others are not going to control what I say or think. This is a message board. Such things as love or the lack of love aresometimes not easily seen in cold written words. Accept a mesage board for what it is.Perhaps message boards are just not for thin skinned types.
Clint,
I do not agree to " except a message board for what it is, some may have thin skinned."
Brother, Christ said we will be acccountable for every idle word we speak. Is thin skinned a weak sensitive Christian? Are we not supposed to care for each member of our body even to the lowliest member. Didn't Christ say,"What you have done to the least of these you have done it unto me." No brother, We are only supposed to demonstrate one kind of language ..even on a message board. The language of love. "Death and Life are in the power of the tongue. Does a fountain bring forth fresh and salt water" No. No we are to be consistant in all our ways.God bless you Clint. Possibly I do have thin skin. I have the skin tha tGod gave me. yes I cry very easily, my heart has been broke all day actually.
God bless you,
Your brother,
Chuck
Clint,
I do not agree to " except a message board for what it is, some may have thin skinned."
Brother, Christ said we will be acccountable for every idle word we speak. Is thin skinned a weak sensitive Christian? Are we not supposed to care for each member of our body even to the lowliest member. Didn't Christ say,"What you have done to the least of these you have done it unto me." No brother, We are only supposed to demonstrate one kind of language ..even on a message board. The language of love. "Death and Life are in the power of the tongue. Does a fountain bring forth fresh and salt water" No. No we are to be consistant in all our ways.God bless you Clint. Possibly I do have thin skin. I have the skin tha tGod gave me. yes I cry very easily, my heart has been broke all day actually.
God bless you,
Your brother,
Chuck
Chuck, I am not in diasagreement with you.
What I mean is this: Perhaps some here are reading things into other's posts that are not there. It is difficult to gauge from the simple words of a message board...all the shades of meaning that were intended by those who write. You may see a post as less than loving....I may not see it that way at all!
And Chuck, compromising Biblical truth is NEVER loving. In fact, sharing that truth is the loving action. Placating someone's falsitybyignoring false thingsto keep a phony "peace" has no basis in Scripture at all. Chuck, true words are NEVER idle words. Sometimes love is tough.
"What you have done to the least of these, you have done it unto me". That's true---If we take the way of compromise and placation by ignoring and sidestepping truth.....we have also done that to Christ.
There are different ways of looking at things. It is sometimes good to examine other's ways.
To Taz ,Strut and Jonathan
