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Originally Posted by Maximilian
Doesn't matter or matters enough for your blood temperature to get out of whack? Which is it?
And what do you suppose the right way of addressing these issues is?
Any issues not submitted to the cross in your life? Any inconsistencies?  |
Maxi,
My blood pressure is exceedingly stable.
Of course there have been times in my life when I wasn't honest. Absolutely. To say otherwise would be, well, dishonest.
At present, I'm doing my level best to be a follower of Christ, and if I screw things up, I suppose I'll have to face my Maker and repent.
I learned from my Grandpa that the best way to handle a mistake was to make it right ASAP. You apologize to all concerned, tell God you're sorry if need be, and move on. He was known to apologize to folks even when he wasn't the one in the wrong--just to restore a friendship.
He also told me that "If you never lie, you don't have to remember what you said."
What do your questions for me have to do with a well-known minister possibly lying about his education to the general public?
Does dishonesty fall into line with the qualifications for a bishop, which state:
I Timothy 3:7 "...he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil."
Titus 1:6-9 "...[he] must be blameless...."
Granted, I understand several of the qualifications in Timothy and Titus are routinely overlooked.
