Lying
I was told by a contributor that I did not know way sin was or how to define it.
Now lying is purposely saying something that is not true, in a way that suggests
it is.
Problems occur where this can be interpretation or miss-understanding.
One way to avoid such a thing is to reflect back what someone is saying so that
it can be confirmed one has understood it correctly.
The sad truth is too many lie about so much, it is a wonder they know what truth
is. They also have no moral reference points, so lying is not a sin they need to
resolve, and being driven by anger, revenge and hatred is not an issue.
I came across this first with muslims, and now here.
What really annoyed many was reflecting back what people were saying but with
insights which made the ideas appear flawed. Now I would hold they were flawed
but for them this was unkind, unloving and for some evil.
It this arena of ultimate truth, heaven and hell, Jesus, sin and death, there is not
really a safe place or a way of saying things gently.
For instance emotionally picking on someone for their approach and not addressing
the theology is playing the man not the ball. If corrected about this, turning a tirade
on the individual involved is not any better.
And saying what someone believes and shares is something else, different words and ideas
is just lying.
Equally creating a belief system which as self contradictatory positions cannot be defended
and pointing them out is just shinning a light on something that does not work.
Equally being told one needs to repent of something, but not what is meaningless, or that
unbelief is some doctrine means they do not know Jesus is absurd. There is no compromise
with heresy or sin, shinning a light does that to these realities.
So this is my take on these issues. I hope it helps, but probably not, because you just have
to defend the indefensible and not face God. Trouble is you can avoid me, but not Him.
I was told by a contributor that I did not know way sin was or how to define it.
Now lying is purposely saying something that is not true, in a way that suggests
it is.
Problems occur where this can be interpretation or miss-understanding.
One way to avoid such a thing is to reflect back what someone is saying so that
it can be confirmed one has understood it correctly.
The sad truth is too many lie about so much, it is a wonder they know what truth
is. They also have no moral reference points, so lying is not a sin they need to
resolve, and being driven by anger, revenge and hatred is not an issue.
I came across this first with muslims, and now here.
What really annoyed many was reflecting back what people were saying but with
insights which made the ideas appear flawed. Now I would hold they were flawed
but for them this was unkind, unloving and for some evil.
It this arena of ultimate truth, heaven and hell, Jesus, sin and death, there is not
really a safe place or a way of saying things gently.
For instance emotionally picking on someone for their approach and not addressing
the theology is playing the man not the ball. If corrected about this, turning a tirade
on the individual involved is not any better.
And saying what someone believes and shares is something else, different words and ideas
is just lying.
Equally creating a belief system which as self contradictatory positions cannot be defended
and pointing them out is just shinning a light on something that does not work.
Equally being told one needs to repent of something, but not what is meaningless, or that
unbelief is some doctrine means they do not know Jesus is absurd. There is no compromise
with heresy or sin, shinning a light does that to these realities.
So this is my take on these issues. I hope it helps, but probably not, because you just have
to defend the indefensible and not face God. Trouble is you can avoid me, but not Him.
