Well ya’ll, truth is I don’t quite know what to say. I am so taken aback by your harshness and venom. Oh, sorry, that would be me right? I forgot I’m the one you’ve insinuated a snake. And not just any snake either, but the master tempter himself. Hummmm
That would mean I’m powerless, right? But you’re fighting me with every shard of erroneous Scripture interpretation you can muster. That would make you indecent and out of order wouldn’t it? The first responsibility of every Christian is to be obedient. Can we agree, at least, on that? Nowhere in the Bible are we told to fight Satan; in fact, the instruction is to resist. You cannot resist and engage at the same time.
I’m saddened, that what had the potential to be a growth fostering dialogue has been turned into a scriptural sniping contest. I’ve said repeatedly that perhaps my conclusions are wrong, but I built line upon line, precept upon precept. I thought your jobs as ambassadors of the Kingdom was to foster understanding and walk in love. While your attacks have been largely vain, they have also been divisive and judgmental. Could that presentation of position be the reason church attendance is dwindling nationwide?
I don’t expect any or all to agree with me. Read what I have to offer; take what helps and leave the rest. I also don’t expect those who are called the saints to behave like Jezebel. I will likely disagree with many or all of you from time to time, but I am able to debate positions without demeaning you or questioning your relationship with God. May-be we’re reading different Bibles, but the hating doesn’t seem consistent with the likeness of Christ, who you say you serve.
By the way, I agree the Bible is the inerrant word of God. I just don’t agree with you that traditional teaching and the Bible say the same thing. And I’m sure we can agree, man is not inerrant. In fact, Jesus warned the Pharisees in Mark 7 that the traditions of men make the word of God of none effect.
I’ll close by calling a bit of Scripture to your attention. For all of you who will take offense, and I know some of you will – If the shoe fits, wear it. If the shoe doesn’t fit, it isn’t yours. One way or the other, which shoe does or does not fit you has nothing to do with me.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. (Matthew 23:23,24)
Teach to the audience as babes in a new thought pattern. In order for learning to take place..you have to educate first. Politics and Religion seem to sprout from emotional roots..if the learner is hanging on to precepts and that is the protective cloth they bear..don't expect them to remove it for a second..fear is the other emotion that has deep roots..you can understand that it would prevent the audience from accepting any challenges..wihout stakes to hold fast to. I am very rooted in HIS grace, I am well aware of organized religion as well as the precept of free agency. You must be strong, as you well know..Stop. Listen and Pray. Always in prayer..being free is a dangerous mindset..including for those of us who have either studied or experienced entry into many different denominations in search for truth. The final truth does not rest in man , the utterance of scriptures or encyclopedic knowledge of any "particular " Bible..it rests in the meek and humble shown by your works and deeds..I have all my life tried to be a doer of good deeds, not a talker of one..Secularly speaking the whole Deity Goddess framework was older than Christianity..and then we know what happened..it's a foreign concept..and it demands that the audience be oriented to many disciplines and levels of understanding before the foray into a concept of Goddess. Carry on. Oh one more thing..and food for thought for all..if the concept of Goddess is attached to pagan rituals,we know that are roots and the roots of Africa as a Civilization was in earth,sun,moon and star worship. With the advent of European development it eventually became a book of Miracles, the story of a Son of God, who in the midst of Africa, Ethiopia that holds the Covenant of the Arc,(already discovered by archaelogists) had to be brown, with wooly hair..how did he after KJV become a white man with blue eyes? and so , though I read the Bible..I am oriented ..some Biblical truths cannot be argued with, healing takes place in the form of miracles, ask and you shall receive..the fact is and this is a professional business networking site as well..that I once read a book on how it is possible that the most evil person in the world can have success? answer because he believes..
Monday, September 15th 2008 at 5:44PM
Marta Fernandez
