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Originally Posted by Esaias
1. I seriously doubt I would be 'blind sided' by the 'old friend'. And if he did try to straighten me out, so called, I'd simply discuss with him the issues and we'd have a bible study and prayer together.
2. I doubt I'd be on the intardnets talking about him behind his back.
3. I would also have refused to just BELIEVE what was told me about the 'old friend'. I would instead hold judgment in reserve. The other guy may have misunderstood what the 'old friend' said. You know, 'charity hopeth all things' and those pesky old testament laws against taking up a reproafh against your neighbor or listening to tale-bearers. So I would instead decide that the one friend probably misunderstood what the 'old friend' was saying or doing, and would meet the old friend and keep an open mind and open heart.
IF the old friend was trying to straighten me out, I would cherish the fact I had a friend who was serious enough about God to at least be zealous for God and concerned about my spiritual well being. Who needs friends who could care less if you go to hell?
And if was trying to straighten me out on 'house church', either I'd convert him to the truth, or we'd at the least part amicably with our respective views in tact. And if he was gonna just be mean and nasty about it, then I would pray for him and move on with my life.
I hope I would NOT be on AFF posting about what I THOUGHT his motives were in the absence of anything but hearsay.
Hearsay is hearsay, regardless of who says it...
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Yet here you are, furiously posting on the "intardnet" about another's human experience as if you fully understand his life and motives and as if you are the sole possessor of all wisdom.
Let me play your game...I'm fairly certain that you wouldn't have been nearly so kind as Deacon. Flipping the scenario, you most likely would never have met with a no-longer-Apostolic defector in the first place.
I feel I may safely surmise as much by the complete lack of grace you exhibit here on a daily basis.