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| 1 | How Far Are We To Be Tolerant? | Eph 4:2 | Searcher56 | 206395 | ||
| Scripture ... Mat 18:15-17, 1Th 5:11-14 ....... God's day to you, bowler, First, we tend not to give advice, because we are not experts and we aren't face-to-face. Secomd, you tell one side of the story. Not that what you sya isn't true ... I consider it your view. Nonetheless, I will share my experience. I thought of the two above passages. Paul and others wrote about being at peace with one another (1Th 5:11-14, et. al.). That should be your ultimate goal. While I think the Matthew passage is about sin against a little one, based on the precedeing verses ... you need to talk with each person, in private, first. You could misunderstand them. I have dealt with the good ole boys and girls by voicing my view with words in love and peace. They may change right away or later. Bottom line, PRAY before you act, while you act and after you do. Searcher |
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| 2 | How Far Are We To Be Tolerant? | Eph 4:2 | bowler | 206411 | ||
| Searcher I prefer to remain quiet actually and to continue to pray as I am not too sure that admonishing anyone is the right thing to do. I am not over anyone to be the one to be correcting them, we are brothers and sisters. I see what you mean about words in love and peace though. I think I have never seen yet in my 25 years as a believer that anyone was able to change just because their faults get pointed out to them. It takes the Holy Spirit to change a person, not just conviction, which is the most popular idea when wishing for someone to change. The Holy Spirit working from the inside of a believers heart to actually produce the good fruit. That takes prayer on the part of others who see the fault in another and might actually be more effective in bringing about a result. I have tried this at home, works every time :), takes a long time, sometimes years, but it works better than words, which can only convict. I was thinking as I chose the scriptures of how long a person should be waiting, how tolerant of other's faults, because of how judging others makes us not a doer of the law, but a judge of others, which God condemns. blessings abound, bowler |
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| 3 | How Far Are We To Be Tolerant? | Eph 4:2 | skccab | 206453 | ||
| Shalom bowler, Just thought I'd tell you something a pastor shared with me once about other people's faults. He said: Many people will try to admonish you to overlook the fault. But that is not really an easy thing to do for a long period of time. I would suggest instead of overlooking, you look over that person. And as you look over that person, you'll see the hand of God on that person's head, covering him, protecting him, loving him. And if that person's little faults are not a problem to the Almighty, then just who are we to be so picky? I've never forgotten that. And I spend an awful lot of time looking over people!! :-) Cheri |
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