That is to the good. It’s otherwise a bit too much to expect that those raised on hostility to the historic faith with their mothers milk could overcome it in one fell swoop.
Nor should we expect them to do so. I know it is frustrating and when the truth of the Gospel is seen, the urge to grab someone, shake them and
say, “are you freaking blind?!?” Is strong.
That is not what God has called us to do.
1 Corinthians 11 has been brought up. Let’s see these verses
31 But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 But whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we be not condemned with this world.
33 Wherefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34 If any man be hungry, let him eat at home; that you come not together unto judgment. And the rest I will set in order, when I come.
We all claim to follow Christ that come here. If that is not true, then declare it and stop pretending.
Colossians 3 tells us how to behave
1 Therefore, if you be risen with Christ, seek the things that are above; where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God:
2 Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
3 For you are dead; and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is the service of idols.
6 For which things the wrath of God cometh upon the children of unbelief,
7 In which you also walked some time, when you lived in them.
8 But now put you also all away: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, filthy speech out of your mouth.
9 Lie not one to another: stripping yourselves of the old man with his deeds,
10 And putting on the new, him who is renewed unto knowledge, according to the image of him that created him.
11 Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor free. But Christ is all, and in all.
12 Put ye on therefore, as the elect of God, holy, and beloved, the bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience:
13 Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if any have a complaint against another: even as the Lord hath forgiven you, so do you also.
14 But above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection:
15 And let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, wherein also you are called in one body: and be ye thankful.
We all want to fight zealously for the Lord, but we still must obey His commandments or else we become liars. 1 John 2
3 And by this we know that we have known him,
if we keep his commandments.
4 He who saith that he knoweth him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected; and by this we know that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.
7 Dearly beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.
8 Again
a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true both in him and in you; because the darkness is passed, and the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is no scandal in him
Sarcasm, mockery, hatred or false accusations are not acts of charity, and according to the golden rule, are behaviors that ought not be done
“Do unto others as you would have them do so to you”
The spiritual battle is not against flesh and blood. We are all here to worship God. Should we not elevate His name and obey His commands rather than cut each other down?
Yes I know I have been guilty at times, but how does pointing the finger at me, lift the name of Jesus?
Our Lord allowed Himself to be beaten, spit on, mocked and killed in order to save us from sin. Paul says he became all things to all people that by all means he may save some. Could we not by the grace of God do the same?
There have been many charges leveled against the Catholic Church. In the interest of Charity, we may examine whether they are true, but it requires cool heads to achieve anything useful
My position is that the charges are not true, but we can look at them. We need to look at ever charge in the most charitable manner, because as Our Lord Himself said, the same measure you use to judge another will be used to judge you. If you show mercy, mercy will be shown you
Peace be with you
