Today’s Thought “Constrained in Truth” G. Ward

Titus 3:10-11

As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.

 

It’s shameful for our churches to pervade a divide so easily; it’s an almost tit-for-tat kind of relating to oppressive ways from others by a retribution unfounded. Instead, and because of spiritual reconciliation given us, that is, mercy and grace – despite our sinfulness, any who believe should never be able to testify to our feeling as though there could be peaceable resolution through other mechanisms outside of our Lord’s compelling to teach any HIS commands. Yes, great degradation of old (re-visited) is absolutely disturbing, but even those perpetrators of ignorant sectarian foolishness deserve a chance at knowing Truth (Matt.5:43-45). The Apostle Paul’s day witnessed the same as what we awaken to and he’d instruct in accordance to what our Lord gave him for HIS church; to utterly expel one from the fellowship, when they persist in spreading what seemingly is harmless a resolve when it seeks to anchor God’s Word (as if the Almighty needs help with an additional word(s) from mere human effort …).