8. Preaching

APPEALING TO BE

It is written like this, in Paul's letter to the Colossians, chapter 3, verses 12 to 15:

"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful."

It is backward and vain to be loud and haughty when you want to show love. Indeed, mercy is also a way of showing love, but you don't reach each other by distancing yourself from each other. Well, you want to be healthy, but you achieve nothing by seeing yourself as healthy in contrast to others as sick. Likewise, you get nowhere by nurturing the thought of yourself as sick. As one placed in darkness one becomes an opposite, and he who is angry and sour cannot do good. If one cares for the dark; if one cultivates anger, hot temper, malice, scorn, and shameful speech, one will also experience the fruits of the poisonous.

Indeed, we will make God applicable. And, of course, man is not God. Indeed, we seek the ideal, and indeed, the material be damned. We will not be comfortable on either side of this contradiction. As of the earth which, as distinguished from being heavenly, is growth, and heavenly in moments. Of the earth, and as growth, one is green, and this being green is what characterizes each one of us in our relationship with God, and with that, also in our relationship with each other. Indeed, we have crowns. Indeed, everyone is equipped with understanding, and indeed, everyone is marked by experiences. What is important, however, is to wear the crown of humility, and to be a child of God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.