"For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."
God has dealt to EVERY man the measure of faith. There is not 1 who does not have faith. Dealing with those whose faith may be 'less full' than others with proper ways is better than dealing with them the same way as you would deal with 1 who has 'fuller faith'. But God has dealt ALL men their measure of 'faith.' Even the ones who seem as if they have 'no' faith by their 'ways' have faith.
So many people become a bit distraught because of the lack of the fullness of things, such as the fullness of justice and fairness and truth, and the ones who are practicing such things, who have some measure of 'faith' causes me, and maybe others, to become confused as to why and how such people could be so damaging to good relationships and at the same time seeing those things which break apart good relationships, themselves, become 'fuller.' Public relationships with strangers is also a very important and meaningful relationship for me. And to see many injustices occurring to the strangers in public causes me to wonder if the society is truly even worthy to be mentioned to God with good remarks. Prayers for the society to become 'fuller' in 'goodness' caused many past sent missionaries and evangelists to be killed and sent away with a bruised life. How they recover and how long it takes is a personal matter but the society is left the same, a bit better, or worse than when the evangelists were sent.
But, all has a measure of faith. Whether it be small or large, ALL do have a measure of faith.
I saw a youtube video, whether it was real or edited, I'm not sure. But as a person was talking on his smart phone via facebook video conferencing, a man who was in the background, came up to him from behind and shot him in the back of his head. Even such a one as the shooter has a measure of 'faith.' But how do we express ourselves in a way which is not looked down upon by other 'good faithed persons' when we encounter such people ourselves? The majority of the people say, 'it is not good to yell, or to raise your voice, or shout.' But do they not have any mistakes they have that can be pointed out as well?
Noone may enjoy being showed their 'slackings unto perfection' but why is everybody getting involved with everybody else's business now days? What concern do these strangers have when 2 people are engaged in a private matter, to share their ideas of their disapproval to their communication methods? Sure, if a woman is being beaten by a man, then maybe it is a 'good thing' to stop her from being too brutally beaten by a man. And in these kinds of circumstances, maybe getting involved is more appropriate than walking by. Seeing an elderly senior citizen being beaten up and watched and video taped by strangers without any intervention may not really help if the senior ends up getting seriously hurt if not killed by the young person who is beating up the senior.
So if everyone has a measure of faith, and people are not using their measure of faith for good purposes, how are people who ARE using their measure of faith for good purposes supposed to live 'peacefully' among them?
God has dealt to EVERY man the measure of faith. There is not 1 who does not have faith. Dealing with those whose faith may be 'less full' than others with proper ways is better than dealing with them the same way as you would deal with 1 who has 'fuller faith'. But God has dealt ALL men their measure of 'faith.' Even the ones who seem as if they have 'no' faith by their 'ways' have faith.
So many people become a bit distraught because of the lack of the fullness of things, such as the fullness of justice and fairness and truth, and the ones who are practicing such things, who have some measure of 'faith' causes me, and maybe others, to become confused as to why and how such people could be so damaging to good relationships and at the same time seeing those things which break apart good relationships, themselves, become 'fuller.' Public relationships with strangers is also a very important and meaningful relationship for me. And to see many injustices occurring to the strangers in public causes me to wonder if the society is truly even worthy to be mentioned to God with good remarks. Prayers for the society to become 'fuller' in 'goodness' caused many past sent missionaries and evangelists to be killed and sent away with a bruised life. How they recover and how long it takes is a personal matter but the society is left the same, a bit better, or worse than when the evangelists were sent.
But, all has a measure of faith. Whether it be small or large, ALL do have a measure of faith.
I saw a youtube video, whether it was real or edited, I'm not sure. But as a person was talking on his smart phone via facebook video conferencing, a man who was in the background, came up to him from behind and shot him in the back of his head. Even such a one as the shooter has a measure of 'faith.' But how do we express ourselves in a way which is not looked down upon by other 'good faithed persons' when we encounter such people ourselves? The majority of the people say, 'it is not good to yell, or to raise your voice, or shout.' But do they not have any mistakes they have that can be pointed out as well?
Noone may enjoy being showed their 'slackings unto perfection' but why is everybody getting involved with everybody else's business now days? What concern do these strangers have when 2 people are engaged in a private matter, to share their ideas of their disapproval to their communication methods? Sure, if a woman is being beaten by a man, then maybe it is a 'good thing' to stop her from being too brutally beaten by a man. And in these kinds of circumstances, maybe getting involved is more appropriate than walking by. Seeing an elderly senior citizen being beaten up and watched and video taped by strangers without any intervention may not really help if the senior ends up getting seriously hurt if not killed by the young person who is beating up the senior.
So if everyone has a measure of faith, and people are not using their measure of faith for good purposes, how are people who ARE using their measure of faith for good purposes supposed to live 'peacefully' among them?
