Apparently someone thought it was hateful of me to point out doctrinal error. If I hated those who are in doctrinal error, I would be happy that they are deceived, and be actively encouraging them to go even deeper into deception, to ensure their condemnation. Trying to warn them, and point out the error is actually an act of love. Love isn't all gumdrops, flowers and happiness. Sometimes it is confrontation, sternness and a steadfast refusal to tolerate the foolishness. Think about how your parents dealt with you when you were wrong, doing something harmful, or dangerous. They were stern, unyielding, and confrontational because they loved you.
When did offending someone become a sin? Jesus offended the Scribes and Pharisees on a regular basis, because they had perverted the Law, were full of pride, and hated the Truth, when it was spoken to them. He certainly wasn't "baby Jesus, meek and mild" with them, now was He? No, He spoke to them in such a way as to expose their hypocrisy, their errors, and teach the people what the Truth actually was, not what the Scribes and Pharisees claimed it was. Jesus overturned the money-changers' tables in the Temple, and swung a whip while doing so. How offensive! How rude!
I have not done anything even close to that here, yet I am being hounded by cowards who can't deal with the Truth. We see the trolls come in, posting all sorts of filth, and engaging in behavior that cannot be condoned or justified in any way by Scripture. Yet they think they are doing God's work. They demand that I issue some sort of huge apology, and basically fall on my sword, and admit that they are right and I am wrong for doing what I have done. That will not happen.
I am not perfect. I have said things in the past that I shouldn't have said, or at least not said in the way that I did. They show no tolerance or forbearance for those things, no understanding that they are just as flawed and guilty, if not more so, than I am. But we have seen multiple instances of them posting outright lies, falsehoods, and displaying a deep lack of knowledge about what Calvinism teaches and what Calvinists believe, and refuse to be corrected, and try to bait and goad and create disruptions, all to try and silence those whom they cannot compete with in doctrinal discussions, and then turn around and try to disrupt through sock accounts, drive-by postings, and the like. It is obvious that they are sore losers, and apparently possess all the maturity of jr. high school students, with all the attendant drama and angst.
I will continue to take a stand for Truth, and resist error when it appears. If I am shown to be wrong about something, I am willing to be corrected, but not by means such as the trolls have used. I try not to venture into areas where I am not certain or settled in what I believe. What I do believe strongly, I also believe passionately, and will defend it passionately. I am not intentionally unloving, and if I come off that way, say so, and we'll talk about it. Get in my face or try to undermine me with juvenile antics and harassment, and I will be unyielding. I'm not playing games here, and I'm not playing tiddly-winks or patty-cake. Go sing Kumbya to someone else. I don't go along to get along.
I love the Lord, and I love the Brethren. I hate error, and I hate Satan. And from what I read in Scripture, that's the way it should be.
When did offending someone become a sin? Jesus offended the Scribes and Pharisees on a regular basis, because they had perverted the Law, were full of pride, and hated the Truth, when it was spoken to them. He certainly wasn't "baby Jesus, meek and mild" with them, now was He? No, He spoke to them in such a way as to expose their hypocrisy, their errors, and teach the people what the Truth actually was, not what the Scribes and Pharisees claimed it was. Jesus overturned the money-changers' tables in the Temple, and swung a whip while doing so. How offensive! How rude!
I have not done anything even close to that here, yet I am being hounded by cowards who can't deal with the Truth. We see the trolls come in, posting all sorts of filth, and engaging in behavior that cannot be condoned or justified in any way by Scripture. Yet they think they are doing God's work. They demand that I issue some sort of huge apology, and basically fall on my sword, and admit that they are right and I am wrong for doing what I have done. That will not happen.
I am not perfect. I have said things in the past that I shouldn't have said, or at least not said in the way that I did. They show no tolerance or forbearance for those things, no understanding that they are just as flawed and guilty, if not more so, than I am. But we have seen multiple instances of them posting outright lies, falsehoods, and displaying a deep lack of knowledge about what Calvinism teaches and what Calvinists believe, and refuse to be corrected, and try to bait and goad and create disruptions, all to try and silence those whom they cannot compete with in doctrinal discussions, and then turn around and try to disrupt through sock accounts, drive-by postings, and the like. It is obvious that they are sore losers, and apparently possess all the maturity of jr. high school students, with all the attendant drama and angst.
I will continue to take a stand for Truth, and resist error when it appears. If I am shown to be wrong about something, I am willing to be corrected, but not by means such as the trolls have used. I try not to venture into areas where I am not certain or settled in what I believe. What I do believe strongly, I also believe passionately, and will defend it passionately. I am not intentionally unloving, and if I come off that way, say so, and we'll talk about it. Get in my face or try to undermine me with juvenile antics and harassment, and I will be unyielding. I'm not playing games here, and I'm not playing tiddly-winks or patty-cake. Go sing Kumbya to someone else. I don't go along to get along.
I love the Lord, and I love the Brethren. I hate error, and I hate Satan. And from what I read in Scripture, that's the way it should be.
