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1 | Rowdy, Rowdy, are you sure? | 1 Tim 2:9 | EdB | 132102 | ||
Doc Let me interject. All of the New Testament shows us the process that the disciples and early Christians went through. Some may call this salvation process, others may call this the walk of sanctification and still others would call this growing to Christian maturity. We can nit pick and argue semantics all night but the fact remains in each Christian there is a time of maturing call it what you will. Let take Peter. Peter was called and he answered but process wasn't complete until three years later as we see him stand before the people and preach Jesus crucified and resurrected And even after this we see Peter continue his learning and growing process. If we back up and observe Peter we see him when he steps out into the water but then taking his eyes off Jesus. We see receive correction and direction when he asks Jesus if they should build a memorial on the mountain, or when they wanted to call down fire on the city, We follow him through highs and his lows. His high when he through the Holy Spirit confesses Jesus is the Son of God and his low when he denies Jesus. Then once more his restoration as Jesus asks him Peter do you love me. Whatever you call it there is a process that we all go through when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. I think we may even called it learning to lean. We say Jesus you’re my Lord and my Savior but every few of us just like Peter do a complete surrender at that time and often this surrender occurs over time with many steps forward and some backward. In some cases that complete surrender may never come. Before you argue and tell me I’m all wrong just let me say, I’m not talking about putting a rock in your shoe as work of contrition to make us acceptable to God. The minute you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior through the grace of God you become a child of God’s however you have a lot of maturing and growing to do before your completely grown. Now to the other subject I don’t think WalkingTalkingBible (and I may be putting words in their mouth and if I am I apologize) is saying stop preaching and start loving. I think their saying the loving needs to be expressed in the preaching. The Word is a sword and as such we can use it as skill surgeon to help remove a diseased part from the body or we can swing it abandon and let the pieces fall where they may. What many call preaching today is more like oratorical dissertation rather than what Paul had in mind when he wrote Romans. God promised His words would not return void, we receive no such promise for our words. Today many practice at length to hone their oratorical skills, to crisp up their presentation, catch the audiences attention, yes even to emotional stir, but every little to expounding the word in a precise exegesis of that word. Many who preach today would rather elicit and emotional response often called conviction than presenting a clear understanding of the word. God’s scripture does cause conviction in many cases but it always carries a healing balm when properly applied. I think this is what WalkingTalkingBible was saying. Again I do pray I did not put words into WalkingTalkingBible’s mouth. EdB |
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2 | Rowdy, Rowdy, are you sure? | 1 Tim 2:9 | WalkingTalkingBible | 132165 | ||
EdB, that is exactly what I mean about preaching AT souls and not loving enough. I could not have explained it better. Very well put. I was a victim of being preached at and not loved at all. I knew the Bible, but what led me to Christ was when I found out how much He loves me. God Bless You WalkingTalkingBible |
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3 | Rowdy, Rowdy, are you sure? | 1 Tim 2:9 | EdB | 132182 | ||
WalkingTalkingBible Thank you. I assume from your comments I didn't put words into your mouth. For that I'm glad! Sorry to have jumped in to begin with, but I felt I needed to comment. Be blessed and be a blessing EdB |
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