my uneasiness

I came away from the conversation feeling a little uneasy....I woke up this morning and it was still on my mind.....so I thought about it some more.

I had a professor who came into class one day and quickly got everyones attention by saying this:

"Whenever you begin to think of truth, you are in error!"

....I never forgot that. Essentially he was saying I/we should be careful of beleiving something is true about a person without realising that my/our own thinking ALWAYS has some kind of bias or error or evil motivation or at the very least I must admit that I myself am just as capable of evils.

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So what is evil? and why I was wrong to say someone is evil.

Satan said - you can be as God : knowing good and evil

The Genesis story suggests that the enticement that got the woman

in trouble with her husband (and God) was she was decieved into

thinking that she could have the ability to decide if something was

good or evil

 

Jesus - resist not evil

James - resist the devil

Paul - we are not to fight people, we are fighting powers dark

 neither give place to the devil

 

these are ALL bible quotations

 

When I say that someone is evil

I am not saying anything about that someone

I am saying something about myself

So, today I must confess my

sin of evil speaking; then

my uneasiness goes away!!!

Jesus said I must love these people

I must love my enemies.....

it is very HARD....no impossible

without supernatural help !!!

 

EVIL IS CREATED

AND SUSTAINED

BY SPEAKING

 

and so

The tongue is that kind of flame. It is a world of evil among the parts

of our bodies, and it completely contaminates our bodies. The tongue

sets our lives on fire, and is itself set on fire from hell. James 3:6 <-click it

 

the following is from a google search on "prayer let us confess our sins"

http://www.stjohnabingdon.org/Sample%20Worship%20Bulletin.pdf

 

Let us confess our sins in the presence of God and of one another.

 

Gracious God, we would not be here if you had not

chosen to touch our lives with your love in the person of

Jesus Christ. Yet we confess that we sometimes have

trouble in our decision-making when we're faced with

questions of whether we wholeheartedly serve you or

not. Often, we're tempted to put others before you as

first in our lives, especially when we're faced with

choices which affect how we live as your people.

Forgive us when the choices we make reflect not your

glory, but our own selfishness. Forgive us when the

choices we make revolve around judging or condemning

others without first hearing their stories. Forgive us

when the choices we make contribute to our own

prosperity and well-being while ignoring the needs of

others. Forgive us when the choices we make diminish

our awareness of you in the midst of those who suffer.

Strengthen us where we are weak with the renewing

power of your Spirit, so that the choices that we make

clearly reveal our identity as your people, and as

followers of Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

Out of love for the world, God chose to share our humanity

in the person of Jesus Christ, that whoever believes in him

should not perish but have eternal life. The good news

therefore is this: In Jesus Christ we are accepted, loved, and

forgiven. Amen.