I was about to share my thoughts on a passage someone recently said something about, when I found myself hesitating sharing it,...
This; due to a problem I have often noted where anyone sharing with anyone else often raises the following issue, that is just as often, left unresolved...
I often read posts where someone who holds to a view others hold with them, will be allowed by their own to assert a thing that is actually off in some respect, rather than seeking to explore that with them.
I know that I know a lot, and I know that I tend come off as a know it all. It goes with the territory of being so curious about so much, together with when that is shared with others.
And it goes with the territory of being overly zealous in wanting to share it with others.
And it goes with the territory of that ending up being misread by some.
Some will right off conclude "know it all!"
Ironic in that, that; is exactly how those outside Mid-Acts view us - no matter how we approach sharing our understanding.
We can all attest to this fact.
Even more ironic in that this "But I certify you, brethren" is exactly a problem the Apostle Paul often found himself having to defend himself against.
You'd think we'd know better, with our Mid-Acts Mystery key to the universe...
I know that I do not mind when someone points out where I may have been off as I am a learner through and through - I love to learn about how all sorts of things work - including this that I am sharing here.
It is why I know so much. I have learned not to allow looking like I don't know a thing before others to get in my way from learning from and or with anyone.
Does showing such weakness bother me? Yes.
Question then becomes, should I allow it to?
My answer is - Heck NO!"
Just one more distinction we ought to be careful to want to make ours.
Its absence is why the Grace Movement ended up and has remained, not only divided, but so behind in some areas, in the hands of some...
The issue being that of being willing to match one's being "straight about a thing" with others, with allowing them that same grace, in return, Rom. 14:23.
This; due to a problem I have often noted where anyone sharing with anyone else often raises the following issue, that is just as often, left unresolved...
I often read posts where someone who holds to a view others hold with them, will be allowed by their own to assert a thing that is actually off in some respect, rather than seeking to explore that with them.
I know that I know a lot, and I know that I tend come off as a know it all. It goes with the territory of being so curious about so much, together with when that is shared with others.
And it goes with the territory of being overly zealous in wanting to share it with others.
And it goes with the territory of that ending up being misread by some.
Some will right off conclude "know it all!"
Ironic in that, that; is exactly how those outside Mid-Acts view us - no matter how we approach sharing our understanding.
We can all attest to this fact.
Even more ironic in that this "But I certify you, brethren" is exactly a problem the Apostle Paul often found himself having to defend himself against.
You'd think we'd know better, with our Mid-Acts Mystery key to the universe...
I know that I do not mind when someone points out where I may have been off as I am a learner through and through - I love to learn about how all sorts of things work - including this that I am sharing here.
It is why I know so much. I have learned not to allow looking like I don't know a thing before others to get in my way from learning from and or with anyone.
Does showing such weakness bother me? Yes.
Question then becomes, should I allow it to?
My answer is - Heck NO!"
Just one more distinction we ought to be careful to want to make ours.
Its absence is why the Grace Movement ended up and has remained, not only divided, but so behind in some areas, in the hands of some...
The issue being that of being willing to match one's being "straight about a thing" with others, with allowing them that same grace, in return, Rom. 14:23.
