"hold on to what is good"

[miknik5]

Do you think Jesus Christ doesn't want us to share our experience of knowledge and wisdom with people who need it ?

Have you not been working to share your knowledge and wisdom with people in this forum ?

1 Corinthians 12:8

To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,

Hebrews 13:16

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

You are talking about sharing with believers...this is who Paul always addressed.

What I was wondering, here? On a website, what can we share with those who are not believers?
Shouldn't we, if we do not wish to neglect to do good, share with them what is BEST?

 

[miknik5]

Colossians 2: 2 & 3

My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

1 Corinthians 14:26

What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

CHRIST....IN us.....

Now, how do you teach those how to get CHRIST IN them?


By "your love"?
Or by revealing HIS LOVE FIRST AND FOREMOST?

Can you "love" your neighbor's soul into the KINGDOM?
Can you transfer your neighbor's soul out of the kingdom of darkness into the KINGDOM of LIGHT?

 

[miknik5]

I judge 'The Wisdom of Sirach' and 'On Christian Doctrine' by St Augustine may be used to show that some people lack the ability to make balanced judgements about things.

I judge that there are people who have put into books how to judge The Bible right and explain parts of The Bible.

And who is it who is seeking, and revealing what is right with regards to GOD'S WORD?

 

[miknik5]

I judge 'The Wisdom of Sirach' and 'On Christian Doctrine' by St Augustine may be used to show that some people lack the ability to make balanced judgements about things.

I judge that there are people who have put into books how to judge The Bible right and explain parts of The Bible.

Why put your hopes in men?
Of what account is a man?

You judge that people have put into books how to judge what GOD has said by HIS WORD?
Isn't HIS SPIRIT sufficient to lead us to ALL TRUTH?

Why would we need any man to teach us how to know GOD?

 

[miknik5]

I have experienced similar to that. I thought to add:

Sirach 3:25

Without eyes there is no light; without knowledge there is no wisdom.



'Word of life' is an acceptable response sometimes. I have often judged that not all options may be revealed to someone in a question sometimes.




That was a new comparison for me in words and numbers.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

Without LIGHT there is no light...

 

[Th0mas]

Why put your hopes in men?
Of what account is a man?

You judge that people have put into books how to judge what GOD has said by HIS WORD?
Isn't HIS SPIRIT sufficient to lead us to ALL TRUTH?

Why would we need any man to teach us how to know GOD?

I have not been judging that God isn't the one to lead us. He uses people like you and me to show things to people.

 

[miknik5]

I judge people may want to make real balanced judgements and improve their obedience to God by using the commands properly which you may see below.


Proverbs 14:15


The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.


Part of Deuteronomy 13:14


then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly.


Leviticus 19:15


"'Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.


1 Thessalonians 5: 19,20 & 21


Do not quench the Spirit.
Do not treat prophecies with contempt
but test them all; hold on to what is good


Proverbs 11:25


A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.


Proverbs 14:10


Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.


Matthew 11: 16 & 17


"To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
"'We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.

The reason that the LORD said this about those who couldn't make a right judgement...was because they were willing to listen to John's message...and yet John testified of JESUS...and they were NOT willing to believe John's testimony

Which is why CHRIST said what did YOU go out to see?
HE, CHRIST, gave a testimony of John as a TEMPORARY LIGHT...and even John testified and pointed to HIM as the ONE who was coming after him who was before him who was HIMSELF THE LIGHT...and that not TEMPORARY!

But they did not believe john's testimony and they did not believe CHRIST.

But John, shut out from the presence of the LORD, forgot all the many miracles he had witnessed firsthand...and he sent back his disciples to ask CHRIST if HE is the ONE they should look to or is there "another".

And JESUS told them to remind John of the things John had witnessed :

Matthew 11:5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 6And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. the blind receive their sight, the lame are healed...


And then HE turned to the crowd to rebuke them with the very words which you quoted above.
And HE did more than that if you had included ALL of MATTHEW 11.

Shall I paste the whole chapter for the complete understanding of what actually happened?


The people couldn't make a right judgment...that's for sure.
But it was about THE LORD that their judgment was off...