Gracious in speech

 

Putok sa FB feed ko si Alvin at Izzy. And honestly hindi nakatutuwa. Matutuwa sana akong may Kristiyanong viral dahil sa pagpaliwanag ng mensahe ng buhay. Kaso ang nakikita ko ay pagtuya. And in fairness may basis ang pagtuya. 

Now let me clarify that I am with Alvin on the issue of transgenderism, purity culture and sexuality. Natutuwa akong laban siya sa mga sumisira ng Biblical view of sex and gender. Pero I will be honest, and I am sure maraming agree, off-putting at very arrogant ang kaniyang arrive. 

May paraan upang ibahagi ang turo ng Biblia sa mga paksang ito nang hindi arogante ang dating. I mean nagagawa ito ng Focus on the Family, at ibang pro-family organizations.

Let's face it: truth hurts. No matter how gracious we are in sharing the Word of God, people will be offended for they reject God's Word. Mas nais ng tao ang mga ideya at pagpapahalaga ng sanlibutan. 

So we should expect to be persecuted for our beliefs. 

And that is my point. It is one thing to be hated for the truth. It is a different thing to be hated for being arrogant with the truth. 

People are already rejecting the truth because it hurts. Huwag na natin silang bigyan ng bala by making the truth more hurtful with our delivery. 

Because when we do, the focus changes from the message to the messenger. Imbes na nakapokus sila kung totoo o hindi ang mensahe ng Biblia, ang inaatake ay ang persona ng nagbahagi. Okay lang kung wala silang maiturong mali. Pero kung mayroon, binibigyan mo sila ng rason na i-reject ang Salita and worse dinamay mo pa lahat ng mensahero ng Salita.

Because by this time lahat ng naninindigan sa Biblical view of sex and gender ay awtomatikong hahatulang legalistic and judgmental because of the arrogance of a few. 

Sa halip na tanggapin nila ang mensaheng iyong dala, they become more hardened against it because now they take issue laban sa nagdala. This makes it harder for later messenger to be accepted. Lumilikha ng atmosphere of hostility. 

It is one thing to be hated for the message. It is another thing to be hated because you're the messenger. 

Usually this is a result of eagerness. Zeal without much knowledge. Ang focus ay laging pasugod. Hindi alintana kung ano ang mangyari. Apakan ang dapat apakan. 

Jesus came to seek sinners. Our arrogance drive them away. 

And speaking of Jesus, His denunciation is especially directed to the Pharisees. To the adulteress, His message is, "Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more." 

Many preachers are willing to throw the first stone. 

With maturity we become more relaxed, gentle and kind. We're firm on the truth but we don't shove them to anyone's throat. We just give the information and let the person decide if he believes it or not. 

After all that is the point of free will. 

As messengers of grace, we should be more gracious. Huwag nating hayaang i-invalidate sa mata ng mga unbelievers ang grace message ng ating lack of grace.

The world is cruel but we must remain gracious when we instruct and reprove. Don't let this world make you cruel. Testimonyo natin ang manatiling relaxed sa harap ng persecution. 

Remain gracious. 

I will be happy to hear if you disagree.

These are some pages that help me formulate my thought. 

The SentinelPh: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AdTeSUgP2/

Gary V: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HhegD4RUt/

Kyle Barrington: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BDVtaFpxg/

Manatiling nakapokus sa biyaya. Huwag ninyong hayaang nakawin ng mga huwad na guro ang inyong karapatang mag-isip ng doktrina.