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NASB | 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 2:15 Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth. |
Subject: Using Love as Jesus |
Bible Note: Hi Jeff, Thank you for clarifying for me regarding disrespect compared to lack of respect. I understand your distinction. I consider it to be very important that we not only value others as more important than ourselves, Phi 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. but that others understand from our words and behaviors that we esteem them so. We will not always succeed, but I think we should always try. Please understand that I truly write these things to myself as well as you and others, because I do not always succeed at this myself, and I know that. I am human, I will at times fail. Both you and humbledbyHisgrace have pointed out to me an error on my part, and, as God often does, a significant portion of the Bible study at church last night was about treating people equally, and judging equally and with fairness. I did overlook Doc's comment about those who specialize in simple and trite answers. I want you to know that this was not a conscious decision on my part, but that it simply was not in my mind as I was writing. That does not mean that having called attention to the one, that it was alright to not call attention to the other. It was error on my part, and I apologize. Perhaps it was my error to comment at all. To tell you the truth, I'm not at the moment certian one way or the other. I see the same trend as others do, that regularly, participants of this forum leave rather quickly, characturizing responses that they received in many of the same ways. This both troubles and alarms me. As I have seen these types of things happening, I have discussed it with others that I have seen as being responsible, sometimes openly on the forum, sometimes, if I have private email addresses, I will send private emails, which is actually my preference. Before posting to you, I checked your profile to see if you had made your email available. If you had, I would have sent a private email, as I believe these things are better done that way. To tell you the truth, I do not directly address everything wrong that I see. I tend to "choose my fights", sometimes based on how receptive I perceive others to be, sometimes based on if I have just called someone on something else. I may not do anything beyond pray if I don't think I can do any good, or if I feel certain that I will only drive a wedge between myself and my brother. I may simply wait for another opportunity to speak, and in the meantime, pray. My goal is to encourage others, and myself, as much as possible to maintain the highest standard of posting, to give scriptural answers to questions, to share the insights that God has given to each of us, and that our love, as the body of Christ, would be clearly seen by all. Apologize for the times I fail to do these things. I have committed myself to keep the Law of Love to the best of my ability. I will hope, with you, that our efforts are not in vain. Love in Christ, Mark |