Thoughts from the Christian perspective: discernment issues as they relate to the current state of the church and society.
Monday, July 27, 2015
Love Names Names
Love never kept the apostle John - the apostle of love - from calling people liars, antichrists and so on. Indeed, it is true love to so identify those who are as such. Then, the sheep may know clearly whom to avoid.
Jay E. Adams, The Use of the Rod & the Staff: A Neglected Aspect of Shepherding, p.74
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But Glenn... haven't you heard? If you do that, you're a PHARISEE. You're a legalist. You're putting God in a box. Judge NOT. Sometimes you gotta chew the meat and spit out the bones. Oh what else have I heard? Everything except what naming names of false teachers actually is: love.
ReplyDelete-Carolyn
Yep, that's me. A dirty old Pharisee. HAH!
ReplyDeleteSo incredibly tired of hearing church folks say, "But, but, but, you MUST chew on the meat and spit out the bones, because there's a lot of good stuff out there."
ReplyDeleteYep. Snakes eat meat and bones in one gulp.
Love the post, Glen. Keep being a Berean! Blessings.