I think words on a page cannot possible show motive or attitude unless it is obvious....We often judge motive or attitude when none is there.....Having said that I will also add....Jesus, John the Baptist, Paul, Elijah, Moses, The Sons of Thunder, etc....all at one time or another made very pointed, heated comments towards those who were in error and or those who were peddling mistruths and or a false gospel...the words fools, blind leaders of the blind, Satan, snakes, vipers, hypocrites, etc. were also used by these men of God and under inspiration.....Sarcasm and anger were also employed as well......
Based upon the above we can easily see that these mature servants of Christ and Christ himself used speech that you might include in your question about Christian God honoring character.......it is not false at times to fire someone up and or respond with anger, sarcasm and or very pointed comments....
Having said that I will now judge myself.....
Most who are regulars know me.....I have no problem engaging anybody on this site with decent, respectful dialogue even when in disagreement....at the same time I will fire up anyone who...
a. Puts words into my mouth that I did not say
b. Twist what I have said
c. Embellish what I have said
d. Devalue the work and or promises of Christ
e. Throw my Lord and Savior under the bus while pushing religious dogma
I know that I have said many pointed, straight forward, stiff, mouthy, sarcastic things "AT TIMES" when dealing with "a-e" above.....I have also APOLOGIZED openly numerous times when I have gone beyond the line and have also apologized behind the scenes individually at times as well.....
Jesus called all types to spread his word......We can see this truth throughout the whole bible....Some were loving and timid in their approach, some were fiery and bold, some used soft speech some ripped it up and so on and so forth...
AT the end of the day.....something we all need to understand....The power is in the message...not the messenger...God from day one has been using IMPERFECT MEN to preach his PERFECT WORD...........just saying!
Based upon the above we can easily see that these mature servants of Christ and Christ himself used speech that you might include in your question about Christian God honoring character.......it is not false at times to fire someone up and or respond with anger, sarcasm and or very pointed comments....
Having said that I will now judge myself.....
Most who are regulars know me.....I have no problem engaging anybody on this site with decent, respectful dialogue even when in disagreement....at the same time I will fire up anyone who...
a. Puts words into my mouth that I did not say
b. Twist what I have said
c. Embellish what I have said
d. Devalue the work and or promises of Christ
e. Throw my Lord and Savior under the bus while pushing religious dogma
I know that I have said many pointed, straight forward, stiff, mouthy, sarcastic things "AT TIMES" when dealing with "a-e" above.....I have also APOLOGIZED openly numerous times when I have gone beyond the line and have also apologized behind the scenes individually at times as well.....
Jesus called all types to spread his word......We can see this truth throughout the whole bible....Some were loving and timid in their approach, some were fiery and bold, some used soft speech some ripped it up and so on and so forth...
AT the end of the day.....something we all need to understand....The power is in the message...not the messenger...God from day one has been using IMPERFECT MEN to preach his PERFECT WORD...........just saying!