Where's the Love?
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Sometimes in the midst of polemics and debates we forget Jesus' famous words:
"By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”" John 13:35
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- 00:00
- So Everett asks, Jeremiah, should we drop our Calvinistic theology when our freewill brothers find offense at it?
- 00:08
- Great question. So I want to number one say that very well may be the case.
- 00:13
- Paul says we become all things to all people that we may win some. And so definitely that's in a context where we preach the gospel.
- 00:21
- We become all things to all people. All things, we have liberty in all things, but we try to proceed forward in wisdom.
- 00:30
- And so a little bit of that, I think, in evangelical circles where maybe using certain terminology that triggers people, that'll be unprofitable conversation, absolutely.
- 00:41
- I would say we want to tread cautiously for the sake of the weaker brother. And when
- 00:46
- I say that, the weaker brother, some people get triggered by certain phrases, labels, and be sensitive to that.
- 00:53
- Don't wave your Christian liberty in their face. And I'm using the principle from,
- 00:59
- I believe it's Romans chapter 14. On the flip side though, I believe that using certain labels can be very helpful.
- 01:08
- And so when people hear me talk about why Calvinism, that's going to offend some people. And I know what you're saying, it's not meant to be offensive.
- 01:16
- So Everett, I just want to, for one, thank you for asking a good question. I think it depends if you're gonna be around people that the word
- 01:24
- Calvinism may cause sparks to fly, don't do it. There's so many other great terms.
- 01:31
- I mean, we got biblical verses to turn to, and we can just say, hey, here's what
- 01:36
- I believe who God is, right? He sees all things. He sustains the universe by the word of his power.
- 01:43
- Nothing escapes his sight. And there's whole Ephesians 111 says that he's working all things together after the counsel of his will.
- 01:53
- We don't have to bring up any terminology to say, that's what Paul said, no. And so, yeah,
- 02:00
- I just, you gotta be sensitive to who you're talking to, because we do want to deal with these types of things with love and grace.