tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post4764639741950016086..comments2023-08-27T06:33:12.637-05:00Comments on The Bible in a Year - and Beyond!: Tuesday, January 29th - SandyTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-10256174941795918102013-01-29T22:22:36.986-06:002013-01-29T22:22:36.986-06:00One more thought.... being in the darkness, that&...One more thought.... being in the darkness, that's a scary place. Especially when you're trying to justify living in the darkness. Suddenly the darkness is normal and you completely lose your moral compass and you can't even see the light anymore. Darkness becomes normal. Apparently that can literally happen with your sight. If you continually see only darkness for long enough, you actually go blind. That's terrifying enough in the physical, but the same is true of the spiritual and that would be even more terrifying. That you would become so accustomed to walking in darkness that you wouldn't be able to see the light.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-54181605606894075602013-01-29T22:19:42.941-06:002013-01-29T22:19:42.941-06:00I like how John phrases this. This is not a new c...I like how John phrases this. This is not a new command. The Old Testament commanded us to love one another. But it's new if it's new to you, or if you're seeing or hearing it in a fresh, new way. If the light bulb finally went on!<br /><br />We cannot hate our fellow believers. We cannot. We can be disappointed, frustrated or annoyed, we can feel betrayed, we can feel let down. But we can't hate them. I liked Driscoll's thoughts here....<br />"Hatred is not just active hostility. It is the unwillingness to extend love and kindness. It's a sin of commission where we act out of hatred. It's a sin of omission where we don't act out of hatred. Do what you want. I'm done with you. I give up. You're on your own. It's hatred....it's not a sin to be frustrated. It's not a sin to be annoyed. It's not a sin to be disappointed. It is a sin to permit that to cross over into hatred, where you don't love that person anymore. You won't speak to that person anymore. You won't pray for that person anymore. You won't hope the best for that person anymore.<br /><br />You can't say you're Christian, and then, hate other Christians. You can't. You can't. Your heart should be the heart of Jesus, broken over people who claim to be Christians, but continually walk in sin and folly and darkness and ignore God. You should be heartbroken. It's sad. It's tragic."Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.com