Kicking Over Sacred Cows by Charles Capps

Author:Charles Capps
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Jainism, Bible, Christian Life, General, Religion, Christianity, Pentecostal & Charismatic
ISBN: 9780914307181
Publisher: Harrison House
Published: 1983-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

The Trying of Your Faith

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity. peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. (2 Timothy 2:22-23)

You can't always avoid foolish and unlearned questions. Some of the things we are sharing in this book will come up from time to time. Some of the questions you will be asked regarding these scriptures will seem to be foolish questions. To you, it may seem foolish, when you have insight into it. But then, no question is foolish, if you don't know the answer.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. (2 Timothy 2:24-25)

Don't Lose While Winning

I've said this several times in different ways, but I want to say it again. You have to teach people so that they will be willing to acknowledge the truth. You can win an argument sometimes, and prove your point. But if you are too dogmatic about it, you may lose the individual. They may not receive what you have to say. You may be right, and you may be able to prove from the scriptures that you're right. But the Bible says,

... the sweetness of the lips increased learning.

(Proverbs 16:21)

So if you have won the argument in such a way that the individual will not receive the truth, then you have failed.

In meekness we are to instruct those who oppose themselves. While teaching or preaching, we shouldn't present ourselves as being high and mighty. We mustn't have the attitude, "I just know so much more than you, and I am putting you down and showing you where you are wrong."

Sure, many people are wrong, and their ideas don't agree with God's Word. But you have also been wrong about some things.

We must use wisdom to reveal the truth. Paul goes on to say,

And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. (2 Timothy 2:26)

In other words, the devil has taken them captive. Perhaps you were taken captive the same way by religious ideas and religious thinking about certain scriptures in the Bible. Those ideas held you in bondage until you learned the truth.

Food for the Spirit

We entitled this book, "Kicking Over Sacred Cows." Sacred cows are worshipped in India. Some wouldn't dare eat them. But they worship them.

Some people worship the Bible. They wouldn't dare believe or act on what it said. They just worship it.

To so many Christians, the trials, troubles, and problems of life have become sacred cows. They believe that these problems perfect them. But here is what James said about it.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

My brethren, count it all

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