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1 | Difference between christian/ disciple | Acts 11:26 | DocTrinsograce | 131242 | ||
Jumping in here, entirely out of context just to share an anecdote. I have an uncle who has always challenged me to deeper insights and greater cerebration than is common. When I was a youngster I remember him coming to me and presenting the following question: "What is more important, love or truth? Imagine that your dear grandmother, who loves you very much, bakes you a batch of cookies. You eat the cookies become violently ill. When your grandmother asks you, how you liked the cookies, do you answer (a) 'Grandma, they were wonderful!' out of love or (b) 'Grandma, thank you, but they made me really sick.' out of honesty." We walk this narrow path frequently interacting with people around us. Sometimes it is best to just not let others lead us down to a point where we have to speak the truth. Before I'm misunderstood, here, let me cite another anecdote. This occurred with John Wesley. (I do not agree at all with Wesley's theology, but he was a very virtuous man, and, in that, I can find much to emulate.) In his time Wesley discouraged women from ornate jewelry and fancy clothes. At one place he was preaching, after the message an older dower women came dragging in tow a younger woman by the hand. Coming up to Wesley she thrust the young woman's hand into his face. She was wearing a very ornate engagement ring. The dower lady fiercely said, "What about this?" Wesley paused a moment and then replied, "Yes, that is a very lovely hand." |
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2 | Difference between christian/ disciple | Acts 11:26 | Glory Bound | 131486 | ||
Your note is well understood and agreed on. I'd have to say that Love is the most important but, that truth has a place where LOVE is concerned. I would interject my thoughts concerning your first example. I'd have to say, "Grandmother, I love you and appreciate the cookies you made for me, but what did you put in them?" Who knows, she may have accidentally used powdered bleach in place of sugar, and it may severly affect someone else. Most assuredly, the root of our being is to be LOVE. Yet too many confuse the fact that truth is an ingredient where love is concerned. Is not LOVE truth? I look on truth as a seasoning where LOVE is concerned. It is necessary. Some do not like salt. Others do. Some require more salt than others. Even still, many require garlic, or pepper as a seasoning. Where LOVE is concerned, TRUTH is a necessary ingredient, but as with any seasoning, there can be too much or too little. In Christ GB |
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3 | Difference between christian/ disciple | Acts 11:26 | DocTrinsograce | 131541 | ||
Good answer, GB! You should have been there to have given me the right response! :-) Of course, the truth of the matter is that these things are divided only in the human mind. In God, they do not stand alone. Love, Truth, Mercy, Justice, Wrath, Joy, etc. all abide together in God without contradiction or ambivalence. |
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4 | Difference between christian/ disciple | Acts 11:26 | Glory Bound | 131545 | ||
"You should have been there to have given me the right response" Did I not read a post concerning this matter? They do get quiet confusing and hard to follow at times. GB |
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