Marques.
Thank you for your response to this thread, I’m not sure if I’ conveying myself properly but I took this excerpt from Ray’s papers off what you have posted (Jesus spoke gently with the meek, but His speech EXPLODED with the wicked.) This is what I'm really talking about.
I was just reading on another post about Martinez having to deal with a 17 year old with a filthy mouth.
No one has a problem with an honorable man but how should a believer respond to those who walk without honor or are wicked when we are confronted by them?
I’m not talking about violence here but……….LOL….. Always a but Marques should we retreat?
Should we back down from arguments and abort defending our position if we are in the right for the sake of love and forgive wrong doing towards us for the sake of forgiveness?
It just seems to be a gray area for me but maybe I do know the answer and don’t want to give recognition to it.
I do remember reading in scripture Christ saying what good is it if you only love those who love you don’t even sinners do that much. I think I just answered my question…..LOL…. Sometimes I feel so stupid.
Thanks Marques.
In God’s Love. Richard.