Unity
ReedActs@aol.com (ReedActs@aol.com)
Sat, 26 Jul 1997 02:55:12 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 97-07-25 21:52:41 EDT, you write:
<< <man stands as if to usher you to the door but has a large infectuous grin
in spite of missing teeth, glee in man's eyes is almost intimidating> >>
....Man pushes back his cap and scratches his head and admits "I guess even
I have standards, and I suppose there is nothing wrong with standards"
...pulling on his beard he continues...
"I just can't handle the term"standards of holiness" because standards are
not holiness! Holiness is holiness and standards are standards!... although
I must confess when I am around people that have standards of modesty it
helps me to maintain true holiness.
...Man points to the name "Jesus" on his cap...
"This is the one I want to please more than anyone else in the universe and
I realize that standards are not what saves me and that he..."
...pointing to cap again...
"...Is not all that concerned about how I look.... but I am his ambassador
and I have a responsibility to the unsaved to maintain a conservative look.."
...man places open hand on his chest and elevates his eyes...
" for them ,out there..."
...man folds his arms, looks down to the floor and lifts hand to his
mustache and brushes it back several times with thumb and forefinger, them
begins to speak again...
"I was wrong, as Elijah was once wrong judging the people of God, there are
some people out there that have "man made standards" that don't think others
with lesser standards are lost... "
...man clinches teeth and fists..
'"the standards they preach as "holiness" are not bible standards and I am
tired of people preaching them as such, we are saved by grace thru faith and
that not of ourselves!!"
...man slightly spreads legs, places finger tips on on chin as if to pull
his jaw open, then closes his eyes for a moment ..
...then thoughtfully adds..
" if they preach those standards for what they are instead of using them as a
bludgeon, they may be of help...hmmm.
Bro.Mike Reed