tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16510651.post112870538622263896..comments2011-06-03T19:31:47.457-07:00Comments on The Chronicles of Dessa: Stuffy noses and making ditchesDessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703792198109601123noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16510651.post-1128796399450186222005-10-08T11:33:00.000-07:002005-10-08T11:33:00.000-07:00I mean "meet" the road. Not "meat" it. Although ...I mean "meet" the road. Not "meat" it. Although I guess there's that too...Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02780210010433687799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16510651.post-1128726232458081602005-10-07T16:03:00.000-07:002005-10-07T16:03:00.000-07:00I agree with you. There is definately a fine line...I agree with you. There is definately a fine line there. It is definately "uncomfortable" to deal with sin, because we deem sin to be a personal matter. It is a personal matter, between the offender and God...yet we are ONE body, so it affects the rest of the Church too. Matthew 18 is definately our guide in dealing with individual's sins. Yet there is a fine line there too. Think of what else Jesus said about judging your brother who has a speck in his eye when you have a plank in your own eye.<BR/><BR/>I also think of the adulterous woman whom the Pharisees cast at Jesus' feet. Jesus said to them: "He who is without sin, cast the first stone," and they all left. Then He said to her: "Neither do I condemn you."<BR/><BR/>It's a toughie, I think. Especially watching one of my close high school friends go through all the steps of Matthew 18 without any repentance. That's hard to see, and confusing. I wonder if it's a case by case thing? Lord knows, and prayerfully, believers who see fellow believers sin will have ears to hear when the Holy Spirit asks them to confront them. <BR/><BR/>I like what the author said about dealing with it instead of "just" praying for it. It's easy to be a Christian until it's time for the rubber to meat the road...Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02780210010433687799noreply@blogger.com