Comments on: 114373106765029835 http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/ Serving The Purpose of God In This Generation Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:30:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JRD http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/#comment-1591 JRD Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:42:00 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=265#comment-1591 Pardon the interruption. Long time lurker from Argentina. I enjoy the blog. Yup. I classify sin, and for that I should repent. I admit I don't know how to change it. I have no problem allowing my kids to go to Sunday School and be taught by a glutton, or a youth pastor that is known to exaggerate from time to time, or a part time gossip. Someone that struggles with "little" sins just like me. BUT, I would never sit in service and listen to a pastor that was a homosexual or a part time adulterer. And I would never let my kids attend SS if their teacher was known to smoke weed from time to time. I have classified sin. Is this fair? I can't get around this issue. I don't think I've ever heard a lesson or a sermon about gluttony and I've been "churched" my whole life. No church that I've been a part of would allow certain sinners (adulterers, homosexuals, druggies, and the like) to teach Sunday School, but I've never seen a lie detector test or a weigh-in for SS teachers either. Is there a better way? How can I adjust my paradigm? Are these drastic (in my eyes) classifications somehow acceptable? Aren't they just employing wisdom? blessings, JR Dollins Pardon the interruption. Long time lurker from Argentina. I enjoy the blog.

Yup. I classify sin, and for that I should repent. I admit I don’t know how to change it. I have no problem allowing my kids to go to Sunday School and be taught by a glutton, or a youth pastor that is known to exaggerate from time to time, or a part time gossip. Someone that struggles with “little” sins just like me.

BUT, I would never sit in service and listen to a pastor that was a homosexual or a part time adulterer. And I would never let my kids attend SS if their teacher was known to smoke weed from time to time. I have classified sin.

Is this fair? I can’t get around this issue. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a lesson or a sermon about gluttony and I’ve been “churched” my whole life. No church that I’ve been a part of would allow certain sinners (adulterers, homosexuals, druggies, and the like) to teach Sunday School, but I’ve never seen a lie detector test or a weigh-in for SS teachers either.

Is there a better way? How can I adjust my paradigm? Are these drastic (in my eyes) classifications somehow acceptable? Aren’t they just employing wisdom?

blessings,

JR Dollins

]]> By: Tony Myles http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/#comment-1590 Tony Myles Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:19:00 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=265#comment-1590 Keith Green rocks for times like that... great tune. Keith Green rocks for times like that… great tune.

]]> By: Stoogelover http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/#comment-1589 Stoogelover Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:18:00 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=265#comment-1589 I like the new picture. Looks a lot like you! I like the new picture. Looks a lot like you!

]]> By: BeOneTraveler http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/#comment-1588 BeOneTraveler Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:45:00 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=265#comment-1588 Maybe the Holy Spirit is trying to convey something because this blog reflects the general tone of my notes for this Sunday's Sunday school class, which will Romans 7. "O, wretched man that I am! Who will save me from this body of death?" Maybe the Holy Spirit is trying to convey something because this blog reflects the general tone of my notes for this Sunday’s Sunday school class, which will Romans 7.

“O, wretched man that I am! Who will save me from this body of death?”

]]> By: cwinwc http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/#comment-1587 cwinwc Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:58:00 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=265#comment-1587 Caption for Randy's blog pic: "Nice blog template dude." Caption for Randy’s blog pic:

“Nice blog template dude.”

]]> By: Stoogelover http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/#comment-1586 Stoogelover Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:54:00 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=265#comment-1586 Excellent, Randy! How did you get my sermon notes from Romans??? There is another aspect to this and that is the wrath of God against ALL sin. A consistent wrath that is not an emotional response, but a characteristic of God just as God is love, he is wrath ... against sin. I think I became more serious about my walk when I realized it was more than just the breaking of commandment, it was the breaking of God's heart. Excellent, Randy! How did you get my sermon notes from Romans???
There is another aspect to this and that is the wrath of God against ALL sin. A consistent wrath that is not an emotional response, but a characteristic of God just as God is love, he is wrath … against sin. I think I became more serious about my walk when I realized it was more than just the breaking of commandment, it was the breaking of God’s heart.

]]> By: Brady http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/#comment-1585 Brady Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:51:00 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=265#comment-1585 Hey, you changed pictures, pictures, pictures. (You look like a wallet model, and I say that in a real positive way.) Hey, you changed pictures, pictures, pictures. (You look like a wallet model, and I say that in a real positive way.)

]]> By: Brady http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/#comment-1584 Brady Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:40:00 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=265#comment-1584 If a sin makes your heart grow hard faster than another sin makes your heart grow hard, then there is a difference in sins. They all separate you from life. Some may just make it harder to accept life. As for growing up in the Lord, in many ways, I'd give it all to have the pureness of heart I had as a kid. I'm glad I'm adult and still trusting God, but has anyone else had the same thinking? If a sin makes your heart grow hard faster than another sin makes your heart grow hard, then there is a difference in sins. They all separate you from life. Some may just make it harder to accept life.

As for growing up in the Lord, in many ways, I’d give it all to have the pureness of heart I had as a kid. I’m glad I’m adult and still trusting God, but has anyone else had the same thinking?

]]> By: Thurman8er http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/#comment-1583 Thurman8er Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:17:00 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=265#comment-1583 I've been wrestling with this lately, this idea of "Is one sin worse than another?" In your context, the answer is no. All sin separates us from God. I agree with this. But in another context, in a human context, it seems very clear that rape is worse than envy. I feel that just as much as I feel guilt, just as someone who doesn't believe in God can still feel guilt for doing something wrong. And then I read Jesus telling Capernaum that it will be more bearable on the Day of Judgment for Sodom than for them. What? Levels of Hell? Levels of punishment? IS one sin worse than another?? I’ve been wrestling with this lately, this idea of “Is one sin worse than another?”

In your context, the answer is no. All sin separates us from God. I agree with this.

But in another context, in a human context, it seems very clear that rape is worse than envy. I feel that just as much as I feel guilt, just as someone who doesn’t believe in God can still feel guilt for doing something wrong.

And then I read Jesus telling Capernaum that it will be more bearable on the Day of Judgment for Sodom than for them. What? Levels of Hell? Levels of punishment? IS one sin worse than another??

]]> By: Sandra http://randywray.com/2006/03/30/114373106765029835/#comment-1582 Sandra Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:41:00 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=265#comment-1582 You're really good. You should be a preacher. You’re really good. You should be a preacher.

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