Although it is very important to be on the lookout for
suspect doctrine emanating from the preacher in the pulpit, it can turn into a
nasty habit of looking for these errors and ignoring the general excellent tone of what is being said. We are all human and should have a kindly
attitude to the preacher you find to be mostly very good. There always seem to
be new ways of looking at our faith which may seem blindingly obvious to us,
but perhaps the man in the pulpit has not caught up on these. We should be supportive of these men if at
all possible and speak gently to them about the things we are concerned about.
God seems not to be as fierce with them as we are and chooses the weak to do
His bidding. The latest hot potato is the New Covenant which I agree with but
have yet to take in fully; I’ve read a
paper on it but not looked up the scripture passages on it, obviously a very
important part of the argument. These things take a time to digest and
meanwhile the Lord chooses to use those who have not caught up yet. Which is the greater sin, holding on to what
you have always believed, or having a critical spirit?
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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