tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16790134.post644103165039035576..comments2023-11-03T08:28:04.408-04:00Comments on Voice of Vision: Let’s Do Lunch (Radio / Podcast)Even So...http://www.blogger.com/profile/14208866122431178938noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16790134.post-13297998172517357782010-01-18T20:08:00.820-05:002010-01-18T20:08:00.820-05:00Thanks for the detailed response…
You said,
I h...Thanks for the detailed response…<br /><br />You said, <br /><br /><i>I have a question. How is the picture in this post being applied to the message?</i><br /><br />Yes, that is a very relevant question...Indeed, if you might be aware of the many posts we have on these types of issues, you would find me in substantial agreement, I'm sure...as a matter of fact, the last post we did before this one “Saved to Serve” would illustrate this quite well, as it even, as you did, mentions 1 Corinthians 5…also the four previous posts from our sermon “I Tell You with Tears” speak directly to your point… <br /><br />This picture is a metaphor for our reluctance to engage with those who are extreme from us, in terms of culture, social, gender, racial, etc....perhaps this particular picture isn't as apropos as another might be depending on the particular situation encountered...I was going for the “Samaritan” aspect of looking beneath the surface…of course, if you are looking at it from a “church discipline” angle, I can see you point clearly, and as I said, would be in agreement… <br /><br />It sounds as if you already have that figured out pretty well, it would most certainly depend on if the man was repentant, or in the church and defiant, etc.<br /><br />Again, thanks a whole lot, very glad you engaged, feel free anytime…God bless…Even So...https://www.blogger.com/profile/14208866122431178938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16790134.post-31305501023420635942010-01-18T18:34:45.442-05:002010-01-18T18:34:45.442-05:00I have a question. How is the picture in this post...I have a question. How is the picture in this post being applied to the message?<br />I know I may be opening a can of worms here, but I see that the picture cuts right to the heart of this issue in many churches today. The position I take on it <i>will</i> make some people hate me, but still I must take it.<br />Some people would tell me that I was acting like Peter in the passage you mentioned if I cannot accept such a man, looking precisely that way, as a Christian brother. He is worthy of God's love, and worth as much as a Christian--in fact, he is worth risking persecution and death to reach--but his appearance tells me that his heart has not been healed by God. I have to treat him as someone who still needs to hear the good news, not as someone who is right with God and doesn't need to change. Because of that, when someone tells me that he is my Christian brother and I must accept him, I have to follow 1 Corinthians 5: 9-13. It is clear that this man has a problem with self-mutilation, among other things, possibly, and my reading of Scripture doesn't bear that out as godliness. However, Scripture does bear out that Jesus died for all people, and that God will punish Christians who judge the unsaved as unworthy of God's love and compassion--and our own.<br />The difference between the two responses depends on the other man, not me. If he knows what is required of him by God, but does not do it, I am to leave him to God to deal with. If he does not know, I am to give him a chance to escape God's punishment, by showing him God's love and telling him about it--perhaps over lunch. In neither case have I condemned him to Hell or God's wrath, as Peter was doing to his fellow Christians by ostracizing them and hanging out with the Judaizers. He would still be choosing for himself.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18289899048471322587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16790134.post-14593648210815852252010-01-18T09:05:28.934-05:002010-01-18T09:05:28.934-05:00An appropos post for MLK day, I think...An appropos post for MLK day, I think...Even So...https://www.blogger.com/profile/14208866122431178938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16790134.post-53560502629304342882010-01-18T09:04:29.509-05:002010-01-18T09:04:29.509-05:00This was taken from a previous post from 9-21-07 a...This was taken from a previous post from 9-21-07 and reposted on 4-6-09, but now includes the audio in our SermonAudio files, which has additional material in it...we will be doing this with many of our older posts, so that they can have the audio attached to them and be archived at SermonAudio...hope these are edifying and enjoyable for you...God bless...Even So...https://www.blogger.com/profile/14208866122431178938noreply@blogger.com