What draws you and me together is a love for truth, and a willingness -- how can say this -- to expose ourselves to the gale of truth, knowing that it will blow away everything that is not firmly attached. Right? sorta kinda?
Not everyone has that call. Not everyone is equipped for that sort of service, of ministry.
I just happen to have that kind of mind. My family genes are in the lawyer direction, but my father was an engineer and his brother was a professor of Chemistry.
But look: we "know" that God's grace is (more than) sufficient for us, and yet we ourselves catch ourselves trying to impress God with our insight, our obedience, our humility.
Our ability to talk and think clearly about what we believe does not protect us from being complete jerks, now and then (mostly now)
But what of the person who knows how, with a look and a touch, to comfort a crying baby or calm down a fractious child? Such a one may never be able to express with rigor and precision any theological proposition. She may even SAY stuff that is flat wrong. But I would tremble to say that I knew the Love of God better than she.
If such a person is presented with a choice between THIS church which is Scofield all the way, and THAT which is sanctification, she may choose the one with the better wall-paper, or the more convenient service time.
What do we have to offer the person who does not understand and does not care one tinker's damn about the difference between Calvinist virtualism and Thomist Transubstantiation?
I see that a lot depends on handing oneself over the Jesus. I am not so sure about how important it is to get the theology right.
Am I making a fragment of sense?
Yes. You make perfect sense. I’m an all or nothing person, as I’m sure you can tell!, and do not just pay lip service to those things which sustain me. As are you, I am certain! I understand, believe it or not, those who may be shy or reserved in their beliefs and stating of those beliefs. Then, I say, don’t jump in to the heated discussions with ‘facts’ that may or may not be so. Read carefully, study the scriptures, rightly divided, and pray that the Holy Spirit will lead you into His truths. KNOW what you believe and WHY you believe it before you state it as truth. It’s those factoids that may or may not be true, that are stated as true, that begin the snowball fights. And if they are in fact true, then stand tall and claim them. They are your past, your present, and your future. ;)