Unity is the show of love DESPITE not
saying the same thing in the theological details, because
on the main issue of following Christ we are saying the same
thing. It is not a rational or scriptural goal to aspire to
get everyone to agree with ones self. The goal, rather, should be
to live a life of grace and mercy in Christ: that is what is required.
Then, it won't matter if a brother disagrees, because we won't be in the frame
of mind to be disagreeable about it.
I don't know that this is true Gregory; the
question I have is "who is this Christ, who is Jesus?" He appears to be
chameleon like amongst those who profess to be His disciples, and He is the
main issue - would you agree?
He is the Truth and on this list there is little
agreement about what truth consists of. He is the Way, you will hear all kinds
of different ways on TT. He is the Life, what kind of life?
Physical or spiritual, sometimes it's hard to tell. The apostle Paul wrote to
the church at Philippi "let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same
thing" - this is the kind of unity we need - right now we are not all saying
the same thing. jht
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jt: Three hits Gregory -
Unity will happen when we are all saying the same thing which
unfortunately is not a reality right now. We used to sing Ps 133 at
a Church I went to.. Behold how good and how pleasant it is, for brethren
to dwell together in unity... Amen!! judyt
Huh??? We will never have unity based upon "all saying the same
thing ...." Unity is based upon each recognizing the
servant/Master relationship and giving honor and
space to that circumstance. A practice of the principles of Romans
14 (esp. v 4) would solve nearly all of the ranker problems on this
forum.. But that ain't going to happen either.
I could be wrong --- but probably not. Jd
