“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
Zeal overflowing from a source other than sound knowledge
can disrupt the peace of
the church.
Among
the saints in the church who zealously strive,
in
their own perception, for the right purpose for the Lord,
there
also seem to be individuals who overflow with fervor to the extent
of
refusing to adhere to the regulations set by pastors and elders (the session)
(Acts
16:4; Numbers 16:3, 7).
For
they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge
(Romans
10:2).
Zeal
without knowledge is not good,
and
hasty individuals make many mistakes
(Proverbs
19:2).
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