So much for Christian love... Whatever happened to turn the other cheek...oh ya when we read of Jesus riding an ass when coming to Jerusalem he was sitting on it... Come to think of it that would make him a double assed Lord as two asses where in contact with each other..winking.....Most of your comments show this love try refuting his posts instead of attacking the messenger and calling him names....
Dear
shimon
A.
The Irish Ram and I are both
answering as Christian witnesses,
seeking to speak the truth with love.
If you read our messages, these are not attacking but seeking correction in Christ Jesus.
Do we count or not?
If you are only counting the messages that support the conclusion you want,
that is no better than people who look into global warming research and only count the studies and interpretation that prove the conclusion they want to hear.
Look at the messages that
The Irish Ram and
emilynghiem have posted, and if you find fault with us, then rebuke us to correct that in keeping with James 5:16 confessing our faults to one another and praying for each other that we may be healed and Matthew 18:15-20 on establishing truth in the mouths of witnesses reaching agreement in Christ Jesus.
B. As for "turning the other cheek"
the BEST interpretation I have ever read on this is that
1. the lefthanded slap is a backhanded slap reserved for a SLAVE so it is a citizen reprimanding a noncitizen who is below their class and being punished for not obeying them as higher like a master/slave relationship
2. the righthanded slap is a FOREHANDED slap between equal peers.
So the meaning is that if you are going to rebuke someone, that person asks to be corrected as AN EQUAL, NOT AS A LESSER PERSON.
Again
shimon Look at the difference in how
The Irish Ram and I both seek to address
HaShev respectfully as an equal witness.
HaShev may be in need of corrections, and/or be asking them same of us; but at least we ask to address rebukes as EQUAL WITNESSES TO GOD'S TRUTH.
I hope this makes sense to you.
Again, all the great revolutionaries for peace and justice through NONVIOLENCE have used this METHOD of demanding to be respected as equals when enforcing the laws and invoking authority (from Gandhi to King).
The power of Christ Jesus or Restorative Justice has always worked on the side of defense using these methods.
It is NOT TO AVOID the problem.
It is NOT TO NEGLECT OR ENABLE INJUSTICE.
It is about ADDRESSING the wrong or injustice by asking to CORRECT IT TOGETHER AS EQUALS, AS NEIGHBORS IN CHRIST.
So that's what it means in the deepest spiritual but most practical sense where it actually WORKS IN THE REAL WORLD.
shimon
Please receive this and respond.