Obedience

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On Sun, 6 Sep 1998 08:47:57 -0400 "Timothy Litteral" <brotim@gte.net>
writes:
>Me:
>Am I missing something here?  What then are the PASSAGES I cut and 
>pasted???

I read them.  I just decided to save space.

>Me:
>Actually, the way YOU wrote it, the ONLY impression ANYONE could have 
>drawn
>was that it (rebuking of an elder <NOT just a pastor BTW> should NOT 
>be done
>at all...

I didn't realize your impression was the measure.

>You:
>My personal opinion is
>that the point behind this passage is we should think before we go and
>not go rashly.  As far as rebuking an elder as in vs. 20,  I would 
>leave
>the rebuking before all to my higher ups if it needed to be done.
>
>Me:
>You are entitled to your personal opinion.  It is in direct 
>contradiction to
>the written Word, however....


No it isn't. At any rate, we were discussing personal convictions more
than blatant sin.  The scripture you quoted was speaking specifically
about sin.  You seem to be completely ignoring 1 Tim, 5:1.  If you are
not, then please tell me how this scripture fits with your
interpretation.  It is possible that the rebuking *could* be done by a
church member if there was an accusation before two or three witnesses. 
I don't see this as a contradiction with 1 Tim. 5:1 as long as the
prerequisites were fulfilled but I hesitate greatly to "touch God's
anointed".  Which is why I would leave it to my higher-ups.

>5) You do not gain any man's respect.  You cannot earn it either. 

Again, I guess you are the measure. ( I take a moment to bow.:  ) ) 
I realize that there are some men out there that only see women as good
for one thing and this type I wouldn't bother with for long because they
obviously have a personal problem that they can't get past.  I would
leave this type of man to the men to witness to.  But to state that I
can't gain any man's respect is ludicrous.  There are some of the beer
drinking category that are not the way you describe. I stand by my first
post.

Lynne Yohnk

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