Thursday, July 29, 2010

Let us have the kindness and courtesy of Christ, even on the internet

By: Rob Peralta

Our Lord showed much kindness and courtesy while He walked this earth, to be an example for us. Just look at His extreme courtesy and thoughtfulness when, after rising from death, He thoughtfully FOLDED His own burial cloth. His awareness of others was indeed inspiring.

With the advent of the internet, we have many who proclaim His word and truth, which is a great thing. It's helping to fulfill the 3 Angel's message. Amen! But are we also showing thoughtfulness and courtesy in our "proclaiming"? I have noticed some are not.

Paul states in (Gal 6:10) "As we therefore have opportunity, let us do good to all, ESPECIALLY to those who are in the faith". We should strive to be as supportive as possible to our brethren and sisters in the faith. But I've noticed many times that people ignore comments or questions in regards to their post. We should NEVER ignore the questions or compliments to our proclaiming message. How do you think Jesus was to those who inquired of Him? Can we imagine our Lord turning away from a question or kind word? Absolutely not. For we are called to "serve" not "ignore".

The people, even the less knowledgable or ignorant have their "two cents" to add to our message or blog. Does it make them feel a part of our message to ignore them? They may get discouraged and feel they cannot contribute so we in effect lessen their faith. Jesus said in ( Matt 25:40) "...verily I say to you, in as much as ye have done to the least of the brethren, ye have done to me". We, as representatives of Christ, must show "Christ" like behavior and kindness.

I bring this message concerning the proper internet kindness, because our Lord is using this medium in a BIG way, as the 3 Angel's message is being proclaimed. We have taken on this responsiblity and as such, our behavior must be one of "caring" rather than "ignorance"

Let us go forth and proclaim His message, and reach out to our brothers and sisters who support us and want to be a part in what we're doing, Yours in Christ.

Ps. Thank you all, for taking the time to read Todd and my posts! It is truly our pleasure to be serving God and proclaiming His truth!

13 comments:

  1. Hey bro, great points. You are doing a great job on the blog! I checked the stats the other day and there are at least 30 unique visitors (people who have never visited this site before) every single day reading the articles here. Keep up the good work.

    -Todd

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  2. Thanks my bro! All praise goes to the One who makes this possible. We are fulfilling God's word in (2 Tim. 3:16) "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is useful for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness".

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  3. I could really relate to this. I left a comment here weeks ago and it was not only ignored, it never got published.

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  4. My apology Deb. If it was on a older post, this particular site doesn't notify me of that. Maybe you can re-post it on this post and if it's concerning an older post, we'll repost your comment on that particular post, thanks. Rob

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  5. Deb, I found it. it was in our post called "Adventist women as ordained preachers". But it appears it was published and responded to, sincerely, Rob

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  6. thanks for the post, you are right we should be kind to others and then spread the gospel but we have to rememeber that we can not do this on our selves, it is only GOD WHO CAN HELP US TO BE KIND BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO PUT US RIGHT THROUGH FAITH, THANKS SO MUCH BRO ROB FOR THIS POST

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  7. Your welcome my sister. God is our everything, you are right.

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  8. I don't think that's the post I commented on. It was Sabbath related, but I don't remember now what comment I left.

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  9. Ok, I'll research it, and get back to you. thanks for bringing this up. YOU are an important part of God's work, and I'll make sure your voice is heard.

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  10. I remember now that it was a post you did on how to deal with Sunday keepers . . .

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  11. Rob, I also want to thank you for this post. I really never gave it much thought when it comes to answering posts. I think I've always answered them, but if I have ever missed any I would sure hope that it would be brought to my attention. If I ever come off as sounding too harsh in my posts I would want that to be brought to my attention too.

    Barbara
    You are doing a great work for God so thank you and please keep those posts coming!

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  12. Thanks for the compliments. Yes, I'll continue to do God's work.(Anonymous) If you show a great concern for doing right this way, you probably are doing right!

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  13. Deb, can't locate your comment. Please try re-submitting it, thanks, Rob

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