REAL STANDARDS ARE NOT OFFENSIVE
MascellinO@aol.com (MascellinO@aol.com)
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 03:53:06 EDT
Last year at general conference Bro. Urshan said unless it's bible doctrine
then it's not absloute.The fact we have this many differences should tell us
that.I thank God for the left,right and the middle of the road together we
make up the body.We need all the parts to make us whole.I doubt God loves any
faction more than the other or blesses one more either.I can't imange God
saying oh how I wish they were all on the right .I hope someday we can
disagree with each other in peace without thinking we are more spiritual than
the next saint.I have to admit it but a lot of what I belive came from
disagreeing with someone only later to see their point.Thank God I have
reached the point were I can tell the person that also.I could not ever tell a
pastor what his saints need to hear taught,it's his burden to bear and he has
to answer to God for his actions .My pastor tries to treat us like adults and
let the holy ghost convict us and for that I'am thankful .At some point
people need to have their own convictions about certain things,one might have
trouble with t.v. where another might not,only you would know [yes God can
trouble a pastor about a problem you might have and you don't realize
it]People do need room to grow in God without being told every conviction but
they also need a strong man called of God to lead them.Some lead a little more
than others and that seems to be the complaint in this thread.I won't put down
a man of God because he thinks differently than me or question his calling
either.Their is always going to be a difference of opinion and we need to be
adult in the way we handle it.