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Originally Posted by BrainWashed
Let me ask you a few questions, and I'll use you as an example, okay?
And please don't dance around the questions. A simple yes or no will suffice.
1)You're behind a pulpit preaching about Israel's exodus, and how they saw God's miraculous power, and how they constantly deviated to serving idols and doubting god.
2)You then tell you're congregation that you didn't understand why Israel would revert to idols and doubting
3)You then say that after God manifested himself to you, you wouldn't be like the Israelites turning from God after you've seen God work in your life.
My Questions to you:
1) Are you degrading the Israelites?
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No because I was not offended by them as you were obviously offended by the people you mention in your post.
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2) Are you being arrogant?
3) Are you comparing yourself to the Israelites?
4) Are you superior to the Israelites because you compared yourself to them?
5) Are you arrogant and/or superior because because you wouldn't act like the Israelites?
6) Are you arrogant for delivering a word from God and telling the people not be like the Israelites?
7) If your congregation erected an idol and began to worship it, would you be disappointed at your congregation for emulating the Israelites after you delivered your sermon on of the Israelites?
I'm curious to know your answers.
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Every answer will be the same as the first. The reason I would mention Israel and exodus was not out of offence like it was with you and the people you refer to. You were personally offended by them and are reacting that way. Preaching a message about a people who did not personally offend me and cause me to use this "diary" as a means of lashing out at them is not related to what you did.
If you were truly not offended, you would not have as much as mentioned them. That does not mean you saw what they did and did not think it was wrong. When we truly are humble and see what others have done wrong and desire to not be like that, true humility will not have to mention that. the only reason WE HAVE TO mention what we saw in others and refer to them when we mention it is because they offended us we became personally bitter.
If you cannot see the difference between not mentioning them and mentioning them due to bitterness, you are avoiding the obvious.
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