Sometimes I just
have a hard time understanding Paul.
Check this out.
Titus 2:1(NKJV)
1But as for you, speak the things which are
proper for sound doctrine:
And then Paul goes
on for a couple paragraphs telling the young and old, male and female, servant
and free, how they should behave. No
drunkenness, no cheating, etc. Then he
ends it with this.
Titus 2:15(NKJV)
15Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with
all authority. Let no one
despise you.
Huh? How's that work exactly? Knowing human nature, you think that if you
exhort and rebuke folks about their sins, you aren't going to piss a few of
them off?
Now don't get me wrong. I think we should do as instructed. I just think Paul is setting an unrealistic expectation that none will despise you.
But don't let that stop you. Speak the Word truthfully and sincerely and let the chips fall where they may.
Now don't get me wrong. I think we should do as instructed. I just think Paul is setting an unrealistic expectation that none will despise you.
But don't let that stop you. Speak the Word truthfully and sincerely and let the chips fall where they may.
You may think it a
little weird that I'm ending a post on a Christian Blog with a Gandhi quote but
in this case I think it fits.
"Truth never
damages a cause that is just." -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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