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Religion Title: Little slips! Little slips! (J. R. Miller, "Miller's Year Book--a Year's Daily Readings") "Whoever is faithful in very little--is also faithful in much; and whoever is unrighteous in very little--is also unrighteous in much." Luke 16:10 We are apt to under-estimate little failures in duty. It seems to us, a small matter: that we do not keep an engagement, that we lose our temper, that we say an impatient or angry word, that we show an unkind or harsh spirit, that we speak uncharitably of another, that we treat someone with discourtesy, or fail in some other way which appears trivial. We think that so long as we are honest, faithful, and loving in the larger things--that it of small importance, that we make 'little slips'. But we never can tell what may be the consequences of our failure, in even the most minute duty. A little slip hurts our own life! It leaves us a little weaker in our character, a little less able to resist the next temptation that comes at the same point. It breaks our habit of faithfulness, and makes it easier for us to break it a second time. We sin against ourselves, when we relax our diligence or our faithfulness, in even the least thing! Then, we do not know what the consequences to others will be--when we fail in their presence. An outburst of temper in a Christian, may hinder many others in their Christian life. The failure of a Christian minister to pay a little debt, may destroy the minister's influence over many in his church. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest an impatient or angry word, I don't think it is wrong to be angry. I think it is wrong to be angry without cause. Even Jesus got angry.
#2. To: Donald (#0) "Be angry, yet do not sin." Do not let the sun set while you are still angry,- Ephesians 4:26
Ecclesiastes 3:1 A Time for Everything 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
#3. To: A K A Stone (#1) There are different types of anger. There is even one called righteous anger, which is anger when the things of God are attacked. There is an unrighteous anger in which a Christian becomes angry at something of the world. Yes, Christ did become angry at the moneychangers in the temple, a righteous anger. It is the other type of anger that is bad.
#4. To: Donald (#3) The reason I commented about anger is because of something in the NIV. In the NIV Bible somewhere it says that to be angry is a sin. Then it says that Jesus was angry, kind of implying Jesus was a sinner. On the other hand the KJV Bible says that to be angry without cause was a sin.
#5. To: Joe Snuffy (#2) There are periods in our life, a time for different things. Anyone who has more than a few years of life under his belt is more in tune with these differing times in the life of a man than a younger man who doesn't see an end to his life or an ebb and flow to his life forces and experiences.
#6. To: A K A Stone (#4) I understand the NIV isn't the best version to use. I like using the NASB, ASB, KJV, and NKJV. The Holy Bible states clearly that God cannot lie and to lie is a sin. Jesus was without sin. That is why His death on the Cross, as a sinless type of Adam and His rise from the dead to kill the result of sin in those who accept Christ as Savior, has the power to reunite man to God. These things are stated clearly in the Holy Bible. Therefore, any version that insinutates that Christ sinned is in grevious error.
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