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1 | How Far Are We To Be Tolerant? | Eph 4:2 | bowler | 206389 | ||
I have come accross as of late, members of the church who seem to be not exactly very good examples of Christian behavior. In particular a number of the ladies auxiliary where I fellowship have a tendency to show a lack of the fruit of the spirit when dealing with others whom they either do not agree with about how things should be done around the church, or who they do not agree with about how to interpret scriptures in a Bible study setting, and also in social but Christian settings. I have been a silent observer of this and have not said anything to the elders or to the pastor and keep on praying for these ladies who by and large seem to do more around the church than most of the men and there are more of them attending the Bible study setting then there are the men. In fact there are more ladies in our church than there are men. In the social but Christian settings these ladies hold a lot of sway about how things ought to be done. This is in no way whatsoever being posted as disaparging remarks to the ladies on this site, or to denounce ladies anywhere from being involved actively in church or at any Bible study, including this one, or to mean that ladies should be seen as overbearing in social but Christian settings just because they are involved. How far should we go as church goers, as members of the whole body of Christ, and as men, in being tolerant to members of the body of Christ in any Bible based setting? And how far should we go in not speaking against our sisters and being their judge? Does saying anything about something that is wrong qualify here, or are we to understand some other principle I am missing here? The main verse I am thinking of is the one posted, but the other two I have in mind are - James 5:9 Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door. James 4:11 Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. Truly seeking a Biblical answer to this one. blessings abound, bowler |
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2 | 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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3 | 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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4 | 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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