Now, if we can live up to your example.
I pray that I can live up to it. Now I am not only accountable to God, but have made myself accountable to the entire FR religion forum. If I lapse, I fear I may be crucified. : )
If I lapse, I fear I may be crucified. : )
Nawwwww,
We sadly don’t bother with crucifixion here.
We draw, quarter, then shred, pulverize, powder and then blow to the four winds . . .
with great self-righteousness, sanctimony, blind bias, haughtiness and hypocrisy.
But I like to think your thread is the beginning of changing all that wholesale.
God bless you for it.
Most particularly, we must hold to account those with whom we normally agree.
It's easy enough to strike out when we are offended, and to counterattack when we see an attack against someone with whom we agree.
But that not good enough. If you love those who love you, what merit is there in that? Even pagans do as much.
What do we do when we see someone we normally agree with launching an unrightous, false witnessing attack? Do we silently chuckle, and enjoy the show? Do we pile on? Or do we chide, rebuke and reprove him: "Brother, that was not well said."
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'Tis the season to...nevermind. :)
Sadly, certainly true about being crucified.
In my experience, the rock throwers have buckest full of nails as well as buckets full of rocks. And they seem to not lack crosses to affix folks to with their nails.
Of course, they are most righteous crosses in the most conforming denominational strictures . . . and styles . . . and colors . . . with all the right kosher splinters and bloody splits in the trunk and the very cross beams . . . placed in the most ‘sanctified’ holes with the most Scriptural jolts . . .
just ask them . . .
On the other hand . . . asking God might reveal a different perspective.
Thanks for your kind words and ping.