Matthew 5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Matthew 5:43 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
From my Journal:
In the area of parenting, if my yes was yes and my no, no, there would be a lot less trouble perhaps.
God pours out His temporal blessings on both the good and the evil person. Therefore, if I am going to be conformed to His image, it follows that I should treat the evil person as good as I do the good person.
The question is, are there boundaries around this? I think of 2 John 1:9, "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 ¶ If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds." I believe I can still treat this person in a civil manner, with kindness, but I need to let him know where he is departing from the Bible in his doctrine. I wonder too, when it says receive him not into your house, if this should be taken to mean under any circumstance or can one invite them into the house for the purposes of discussing where their doctrine does not line up with the Bible? Just some questions in my mind. I suppose it would be safer to meet them in a public place if further discussion seems to be in order. Since Scripture doesn't specify, perhaps the prudent thing would be to obey it literally in this instance.
2 comments:
Good points. I do not invite them in either, but tell them of the love of my Jesus. My personal testimony of Gods' love for me has sparked intrest more than once from the younger of the two false witness that come to my door. The older one is usually more indoctrinated in their responses.
Hope you are doing well! Is the snow piling up in your area as well?
Thanks for your comment.
As to snow...we don't have any except for the piles that were plowed in parking lots and the like. We live in the banana belt. The snow that is piled around is melting quickly as we are getting a big warming trend today and tomorrow. Some areas may get flooding from what I hear.
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