Warning: rant on the way!
I am so tired of Christians who get their jollies out of making sure that other Christians are doing things "right". And by right, I mean their way! Of course there's a big to do about "speaking the truth in love", "supporting our brothers and sisters in Christ" and some such nonsense. And of course every issue is of utmost importance right?
Um, hello! The Holy Spirit really doesn't need any help! Does He sometimes use us in each other's lives? Yes, but I'd have to say rarely in the sense of giving someone a "word" to give to someone else. Spiritual accountability and mentorship is important, but this implies a close relationship between two people. Only the will it be possible for people to encourage each other properly.
But apparently the church is filled with these people who can magically see into others lives and get to tell other Christians how to live their lives. Even worse, to judge or to put down another's salvation because of some really dumb issue (read: she doesn't speak in tongues; I saw him smoke, she had a beer last week, etc...)
How sad must it make our Creator to look down and see His children treating each other with such awful disregard. People, it's not love, it's P. R.I.D.E.
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It is so sad, our church has it's share of people like that too. Maybe someone forgot to tell us and the Holy Spirit appointed some spirit police and we missed the memo? ;)
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