Standards

[Aquila]

Don't get me wrong. Standards aren't always a bad thing. But the carnal nature of the flesh often drifts into focusing upon them because standards appeal to the carnal desire to be able to "measure" one's progress and rate it against others. They also distract attention from REAL issues. For example, think of all the threads out there discussing standards about this and standards about that. How many are serving in homeless shelters, community centers, hospitals, raising money for clean water projects in Africa, feeding the hungry, loving the unlovable and even standing up for the persecuted and oppressed... even if they aren't saved and "sanctified"?

It's almost like we have a generation of Spirit filled believers standing in front of fully length mirrors checking themselves, straightening ties, etc... while people are starving to death and a world is going to hell in a hand basket. Standards can distract us from the things that truly are far more important.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Don't get me wrong. Standards aren't always a bad thing. But the carnal nature of the flesh often drifts into focusing upon them because standards appeal to the carnal desire to be able to "measure" one's progress and rate it against others. They also distract attention from REAL issues. For example, think of all the threads out there discussing standards about this and standards about that. How many are serving in homeless shelters, community centers, hospitals, raising money for clean water projects in Africa, feeding the hungry, loving the unlovable and even standing up for the persecuted and oppressed... even if they aren't saved and "sanctified"?

It's almost like we have a generation of Spirit filled believers standing in front of fully length mirrors checking themselves, straightening ties, etc... while people are starving to death and a world is going to hell in a hand basket. Standards can distract us from the things that truly are far more important.

Brother, the observance of standards has DIRECTLY attributed to me finding an open door to win souls to the Lord over the years. One guy I worked with "tripped hard" on my standards to the point of me teaching him the rest. He was converted and became a conservative saint, then made me a partner in his business, changing our lives financially forever!

It all started with him "tripping" on my standards....


He has a photo album full of souls he has won to the Lord himself!(and he is conservative)