Jerry, from day one when I entered the other thread, I have admitted my frailties, my failings, my stumbling as I try to proclaim what I believe. John Wesley never shied from calling sinners to repentance, and I am doing nothing other than pointing out the sin of pride.
You are all so blinded by your own pride and arrogance that you can't see it. You are so convinced of your own scriptural accuracy. You are so convinced of your own Biblical interpretations. You are so convinced of your own spiritual authority. You allow no room for debate. You allow no room for disagreement. All you can do is scream that you're right and others are wrong.
You cannot see the arrogance of claiming that in 2000 years of church history, marked with bitter and often violent debate that you're the ones with the answers. You're the ones that finally figured it all out. You're the only ones with the truth.
How dare anyone on this thread have the audacity to challenge your views? You are indeed perfect, perhaps divine.
Jerry, I am a sinner saved by grace. I have offended you and I have offended others.
I am sorry for the careless words I have spoken. But it is not careless to call sin sin. Pride is sin.
Like the Apostle Paul, I struggle daily with the humanity that causes me to do and to say the things I do not want to do. I plead daily for His mercy. I plead daily for His grace.
Do you?