Thursday, June 15, 2006

present the truth but do not argue

Building on my last post, it is becoming clearer and clearer that while we need to sharpen our skills to present the truth (both in word and deed), we have to stop arguing.

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Co 2.14-16

We who have the mind of Christ will not only see His Kingdom, we will enter it. Those that do not, cannot. So here is the tough question for me; is it possible for two people to see the same event and one claim it was an intervention of the Kingdom of God and the other claim it was not? This disagreement happens all of the time covering a wide range of issues. Not just "miracles" but in Scriptural debate, life decisions, etc.. Does that mean that at least one of the parties involved does not have the mind of Christ?

I'd like to think the disagreement does not mean that one is fallen. But too often it is that the effort to persuade or resist that seems to come for a source other than the mind of Christ. I think the phrase "hell bent" is appropriate. Sometimes we are hell bent on proving something is right or wrong. I think it is this that demonstrates who has or does not have the mind of Christ - often more so that the position on the specific issue.

So for me, I am learning (far too slowly) that in the end, it will be the Holy Spirit that reveals truth. My role is to present it clearly and consistently.

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