It is an impossible task for anyone to do in
their own strength. Because there is a fine line between political
maneuvering and real healing. Thats why the section starts off with the
importance of the doctrinal focus. I mean if we just dealt with each
other in a way of site, or listening, or having a feeling of things then
it would not be a holistic definition of unity. There are some very
simple things. One is a persons understanding of the doctrines. Are
these doctrines alive in the people. That is a matter of how they
communicate about these things. It is not the same in everyone because
everyone is not able to articulate these things but you can get to the
bottom of what they trust in as knowing and seeing how much time they
invest in seeking these things. "Those who seek me will find Me"
Its
just like marriage. If you live with a person for any length of time
you can see because you are there 24 hrs. So you know what they value.
You watch them pursue knowledge ... pursue wisdom.. pursue
relationships... you know them. A person can be the most giving person
in the world. They can extend their hand to the poor. They can teach
children. They can do all the good works that we think a person should
be doing and still be as spiritually blind as a mass murderer. Although
they should get their rewards in this life. But it is all political.
This is why it is so difficult to be in this spiritual leadership. Cause
in this kind of society the people who look the most righteous may be
the people who are the actors.
This society is made up of people who
are totally opposite of other people. In christian community there is
no such thing as psychological profiles. There are the saints and the
aints.That means the saints have it better than they could ever imagine
and the aints have it worse than they ever imagine. But what we have
here is an appearance of righteousness. Its is made up of the most
subversive spirits. We have everyone confessing and acknowledging. But
not everyone is in the thing like it looks. Those who are in dont always
look like they are in and those who are out hardly ever look like they
are out. So that if we are not wise we may be encouraging those who are
out to continue to be out by their appearance.
Friday, December 4, 2020
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