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1 | Might it be fear? | Prov 1:29 | Aixen7z4 | 120720 | ||
Bless you, momma. And thank you for infusing your response with Scripture. This is the most interesting of the responses we get. Our ministry offers services to churches, but it is a task to get through, or through to, the gatekeepers. A wise sister told us yesterday: "Some pastors will not allow anything into the church unless they can say it was their idea in the first place". I suppose that there is a pride in having originated an idea. Now, the challenge for us is, how do you help them anyway? And if the problem is pride, then how do you help them with that? We will work on that. But my immediate impression is that only time and circumstances will take care of that. We are working today with a church where the pastor has told us in the past that he has no further need for us. But he now has circumstances to deal with. He called this week for an emergency meeting, and today he is out of town and has left the church in our hands. Interesting that we would not have thought his problem was pride. He is a good man, and we were simply bewildered with his response. But we tried to maintain an inactive positive relationship. We have a theory that, in spite of appearances, our basic problem is fear. What do you think of that? The scripture I have in mind is Genesis 3:10. |
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2 | Might it be fear? | Prov 1:29 | compudex | 120729 | ||
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3 | Might it be fear? | Prov 1:29 | Mommapbs | 120740 | ||
Greetings compudex - I'm sure that the site you reference has contact information so that you could discuss your "concerns" in a private manner. Please be mindful that this is a very public arena - and sadly, too often the audience just loves to be a voyeur of such displays . . . "If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother." Mt 18:15 In Christian love, mommapbs |
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4 | Might it be fear? | Prov 1:29 | compudex | 120754 | ||
Hi mommapbs, You are right, I should have followed Scriptual procedure. Guess I got psyched out! compudex |
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5 | Might it be fear? | Prov 1:29 | Aixen7z4 | 120782 | ||
It seems that those who engage in this business of judging always come to regret it. Someone should post somewhere this note from Matthew Henry, so that we can read it before diving in, and save ourselves the embarrassment. "Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? We reckon it a piece of ill manners to meddle with other people's servants, and to find fault with them and censure them. Weak and strong Christians are indeed our brethren, but they are not our servants. This rash judging is reproved, James 3:1, under the notion of being many masters. We make ourselves our brethren's masters, and do in effect usurp the throne of God, when we take upon us thus to judge them, especially to judge their thoughts and intentions, which are out of our view, to judge their persons and state, concerning which it is hard to conclude by those few indications which fall within our cognizance. God sees not as man sees; and he is their master, and not we. In judging and censuring our brethren, we meddle with that which does not belong to us: we have work enough to do at home; and, if we must needs be judging, let us exercise our faculty upon our own hearts and ways". |
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6 | Might it be fear? | Prov 1:29 | Rowdy | 120786 | ||
Just to give this thread some balance, I would offer the following verses: Col 1:10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 1 Tim 1:6 For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, Titus 3:14 Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful. Heb 12:11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. So, we must conclude our God and Father does expect us to restrain ourselves from judging one another as we can't know what goes on in a person's heart and mind, but we are expected "to be our brother's keeper." From the verses above, we can conclude we should love one another to take notice when a fellow christian is NOT producing fruit and talk to him, trying to find out if we can assist him in this area. We should remember Ja 5:13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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7 | Might it be fear? | Prov 1:29 | Aixen7z4 | 120867 | ||
Balance is good. See Ecc 7:16,17. | ||||||