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Desire to be a vessel of honor unto the Lord Jesus Christ?
Join Hidden in Him and For His Glory for discussions on how
https://christianforums.net/threads/become-a-vessel-of-honor-part-2.112306/
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Obadiah
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Rarely would you encounter a person who you either totally like or dislike every aspect of that person. It's a matter of proportion. God never expected us to totally like everyone we meet. When we are told to love one another, he is speaking of His Agape love, which is the kind of love that causes you to want to share the gospel with them so they will have a chance at salvation.
That doesn't mean you have to like everyone's personality. I would hope no Christian would hate anyone so badly that they would want to deny them the chance at salvation, but that's not the same thing as simply not relating to them or liking their personality. I don't believe God expects us to literally "like" every person we come across. If that is what's expected, well, God's going to be even more disappointed in us. No one can do that.. But we can still have the Agape love that means if a person you really don't like needs to hear the gospel, and it is given to you to share it with them, you would still do this in honest hope that they will accept it. I believe this is the love that God wants us to have for our fellow humans.
That doesn't mean you have to like everyone's personality. I would hope no Christian would hate anyone so badly that they would want to deny them the chance at salvation, but that's not the same thing as simply not relating to them or liking their personality. I don't believe God expects us to literally "like" every person we come across. If that is what's expected, well, God's going to be even more disappointed in us. No one can do that.. But we can still have the Agape love that means if a person you really don't like needs to hear the gospel, and it is given to you to share it with them, you would still do this in honest hope that they will accept it. I believe this is the love that God wants us to have for our fellow humans.
JohnDB
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I have to live with myself and so
I want to be fit for myself to know.
I want to be able as days go by,
always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
and hate myself for the things I have done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
a lot of secrets about myself
and fool myself as I come and go
into thinking no one else will ever know
the kind of person I really am,
I don't want to dress up myself in sham.
I want to go out with my head erect
I want to deserve all men's respect;
but here in the struggle for fame and wealth
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to look at myself and know that
I am bluster and bluff and empty show.
I never can hide myself from me;
I see what others may never see;
I know what others may never know,
I never can fool myself and so,
whatever happens I want to be
self respecting and conscience free.
by Edgar Albert Guest
I want to be fit for myself to know.
I want to be able as days go by,
always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
and hate myself for the things I have done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
a lot of secrets about myself
and fool myself as I come and go
into thinking no one else will ever know
the kind of person I really am,
I don't want to dress up myself in sham.
I want to go out with my head erect
I want to deserve all men's respect;
but here in the struggle for fame and wealth
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to look at myself and know that
I am bluster and bluff and empty show.
I never can hide myself from me;
I see what others may never see;
I know what others may never know,
I never can fool myself and so,
whatever happens I want to be
self respecting and conscience free.
by Edgar Albert Guest
JohnDB
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- Aug 16, 2015
- 9,065
- 5,725
Love your neighbor as yourself...
Simplistic statement but impossible to accomplish.
In colonial times the denominations were at war with each other...so much so that many people became Deists... Basically non-denominational. Yes they believed the Bible and in God but they really didn't understand the Bible.
They had no hate like each denomination had for the other denominations. They didn't want to persecute or kill others. Nor did they hold value for memorized prayers or ceremonial practices. But when Jesus spoke about "neighbors" he meant Samaritans...who were at war with Jews...both believed in the same God but the Samaritans had mixed bloodlines (a solvable issue) and hated by the Jews.
The Romans had to break up several riots during Hannakah and Passover between them.
So...what is the real issue?
Is the other person a Narcissistic boar?
Are their interests nothing like yours?
Do they seem to want something from you other than friendship?
Do they not fit into your "friend culture"?
What is it about them that rubs you wrong?
Simplistic statement but impossible to accomplish.
In colonial times the denominations were at war with each other...so much so that many people became Deists... Basically non-denominational. Yes they believed the Bible and in God but they really didn't understand the Bible.
They had no hate like each denomination had for the other denominations. They didn't want to persecute or kill others. Nor did they hold value for memorized prayers or ceremonial practices. But when Jesus spoke about "neighbors" he meant Samaritans...who were at war with Jews...both believed in the same God but the Samaritans had mixed bloodlines (a solvable issue) and hated by the Jews.
The Romans had to break up several riots during Hannakah and Passover between them.
So...what is the real issue?
Is the other person a Narcissistic boar?
Are their interests nothing like yours?
Do they seem to want something from you other than friendship?
Do they not fit into your "friend culture"?
What is it about them that rubs you wrong?
Not_Now.Soon
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- Aug 16, 2015
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If thinking with lust in your eye is as close to adultery as adultery is in it's action, then disliking someone could be as close to hate as lust is to adultery. An argument could be made anyways. But I think there's two issues here. Loving your neighbor and following God through that, and the other issue, avoiding the sin to hate or dislike them. We are called to bless those who persecute us, love those who are an enemy to us (or us an enemy to them), and even in our speech not to call a person a fool or an idiot. If a person is against us and persecuting us, it would be very hard to not dislike them. But I hunk we're called to rise above that dislike and love them anyways.