ptl@fluke.UUCP (Mike Andrews) (01/14/86)
What's important for Christians to remember when posting on the net?
To speak God's truth in Love. Where is God's Love shown by a Christian
arguing endlessly with someone who isn't listening? Some of
the recent Christian postings in these endless arguments give as much
of God's Love as do the postings of the people who call God blasphemous names,
and put down others for their beliefs. No Love at all. Who is
served when no Love is given? Not God. Not other Christians. Not
non-Christians. If a Christian on this net wants to serve God, then
think carefully before you post. Don't serve yourself.
Continuing these endless arguments only bring others down, they don't
lift you or anyone, especially God, up. Valid questions and arguments
are one thing; endless arguments, which never reach a conclusion, and
only give hurting people another opportunity to swing at and hurt others
again and again, or another opportunity to blaspheme God, must stop.
God doesn't need us to defend Him. He can do it better than any of us.
Why He chooses to use us to spread His Love is a mystery to me. But He
does, so we better get used to the idea and do something about it; asking
Him for Guidance, insite, the Love to give, and the Love not to strike back.
Hard - yes it's hard. So what! God wants us to learn to choose His Good
over *everything* else, over our pride, egotism, intellectualism, station
in life, situation, health, finances, hurts, pains, joys and happinesses,
etc, etc, etc . But He gave us the opportunity to choose. Interesting to
think about the fact that He even Gave us the opportunity to reject Him.
Why, I don't know. Maybe He wouldn't Love a robot.
And pray right now for everyone on the net, yourself included. God
answers prayers. He Loves you, that's why He died for you as Jesus
on the Cross. His body died, but His Spirit didn't, as known thru
our belief in the Truth that He raised Himself from the dead. And
He Loves *everyone* the same, no favorites. He says He died for all of us.
God, Bless us and protect us,
Mike Andrews
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