What do you think?

[silentpoet]

Dear Silentpoet

I believe this post has gone a bit off tract to the OP. So to continue on would only make things worse.


MAY WE ALL REMEMBER:





X Even though you can't see him, GOD is there!!! O
( click on the x and drag to the O ) ( then see who is with you ) steven

Actually I think my last post had quite a bit to say about original topic. What I was saying is that speaking the truth is more than just a matter of quoting scripture. Afterall, even the devil has been known to do that. And we must also look at our motives in speaking the truth. Are we speaking to uplift or correct this other person with true motives. Or are we speaking to make ourselves look more holy, knolwedgeable, or to inflate ourselves. We should speak the truth, but our motives must also be true and not focused on ourselves.

 

[wonderwaleye]

Actually I think my last post had quite a bit to say about original topic. What I was saying is that speaking the truth is more than just a matter of quoting scripture. Afterall, even the devil has been known to do that. And we must also look at our motives in speaking the truth. Are we speaking to uplift or correct this other person with true motives. Or are we speaking to make ourselves look more holy, knolwedgeable, or to inflate ourselves. We should speak the truth, but our motives must also be true and not focused on ourselves.

Dear Silentpoet


"YOU KNOW A TREE BY THE FRUIT THAT IT BEARS" so says GOD'S WORD.


LIFE IS SO MUCH BETTER WHEN WE REMEMBER:





X Even though you can't see him, GOD is there!!! O
( click on the x and drag to the O ) ( then see who is with you ) steven

 

[Dace]

Well I think the key here is to speak the truth in love i.e. speak the truh to build up your fellow Christians in the Lord but not to just arbitrarily bash them over the head with it.
In the case of new Christians or non Christians (especially strangers to you) I think speaking the truth should be handled very delicately with a sharp eye for potential repercussions.

 

[Elijah2]

Well I believe that this thread has wandered backwards and forwards and when it gets down to the nitty-gritty, like most proud and stubborn Christians--truth does hurt!

The truth of human relationship is that you are prepared to admit you made a mistake, now if the truth is given to a person that they never admit they made a mistake. Then that person will feel hurt.

If that person can't say that they are wrong, and you tell them that they can't say that, then of course they will feel hurt.

If that person can't say that they are sorry, and you tell them that they never say they are sorry, then of course they will be hurt.

Now all of these feelings come from PRIDE and STUBBORNNESS.

So get rid of your PRIDE and STUBBORNNESS, then you will accept the truth in regards to human relationship.

Love in Christ

 

[blackskysurrender]

hmmm...

 

[sistakrista]

I DO NOT FEAR MAN! IF THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN IN LOVE & MAN DOESN'T LIKE IT - OR TRIES TO RUN AWAY FROM IT, CONSIDER JONAH.............. "ANYWHERE, BUT NINEVAH!"

 

[CyberPaladin]

I the amount of tact I use my very from personal and professional life and I don't deny or change my opinion. I swear I think the greatest threat to Christianity is how thin skin some of us are.