A Very underserved topic in the Church. First entire sermon I've ever seen or heard of about being Dismissive....both to God and to your Neighbor. The Sin of Omission would be above this topic on a pyramid diagram, because Dismissiveness primarily is what we do Not do that we should, per the Book of James "right thing to Do and does Not do it, it is Sin"
DISMISSIVENESS Part.1
* Enlarging the heart in respect to God and others needs
* Generosity towards the Maker and the Neighbor
* Greed plus Dismissive spirit.
*Perspective, Mindset that Dismisses reality (Now, "this night")
*Truth of earthly abundance. What does it gain? For God or for others?
*Money is the only Blessing-Abundance?
* Avoiding uncomfortable realities (suffering) of this life, not just Death as most men avoid the most.
Not only suffering shortness of money, even sickness, and what other many avoidances uncomfortable for daily life?
* Pride is foundation of the Dismissive spirit
* Dismissiveness is the Affect of a Cause (sown seed) of poor stewardship. Lax, non-anticipatory minds thoughts, of God and others good.
Stewardship is not only of money or material things, but time and brainwork
* Dismissiveness in any application, is also Recklessness and Neglect
"He who knows the right thing to do and does Not do it, to him it is sin"
* Dismissiveness is Sin against the Greatest-Foremost Commandment, unto God and Neighbor.
Harm to them, hate of them.
* Genuine care for God and Neighbor?
Then be Genuine Care-Full-ness
"Consider how....." (Heb 10:24), not wait until the Neighbor or God is brought upon the mind from without, but Initiate-Consider on own from within.
"See me"? No, "see others" Phil 2:3-5 as God "considered men on His own initiative, while they considered Him not and still yet sinners against Him who is Holy" Rom 5:8
* Dismissiveness is God ordained opportunity to Bless, Grace on others ignored
* The easiest, even cheap cost of Blessings/Grace is encouraging note in someone else's time of need/suffering.
This too is only the "minimum". If it cost little, what value is it?
* "Social Distancing", physical separation? Not an excuse for being out of Unity (contact) and Heart yearnings with brethren, the Body
Especially those in Vulnerable places and conditions.
"Weep with those who weep...." the broken hearted.
Contrary to...."go in peace, I will not feed you or give you a coat, praying for you sick/vulnerable brother, as Satan may be seeking to destroy you, your faith in your crisis need. I want my comfort not in your mess."
James 2:16
* Dismissiveness towards a crisis, not own but anothers, sins in the Omission to Obey. Obey to be used of God providentially to distribute the grace of God in their time of need and God's choice to help them in some way He sees fit.
"When one is weak, another is strong for the moment to lift him up."
Ezek 3:17-21
Rom 12:15
Gal 6:2
1 Cor 12:26
Eccl 4:9-12
* Dismissiveness Rejects God's Transforming Sanctification for Oneself
* Dismissiveness is Rejection of Submission, to God, or any process or person (and their needs for you to meet) placed in your life while the weak one and their needs were not even on your mind. But God by the Holy Spirit works amd initiates and brought to Light and Presentation of the matter, as He is Omnipotent and Omniscient for their needs and your Transformation/Sanctification in the engagement with their suffering.
"Fellowship of suffering" is how man gets glimpses into His undue suffering for His sons.
* Dismissiveness is not rooted with a holy grasp on the Facts of the crisis or matter, nor even concerned how and why it has come to Glorify God and be good for men involved on both sides of the crisis.
* Dismissiveness stems from selfish ungodly concern with Self comfort, Business As Usual, "You mind your business, I'll mind mine"
@ancientbrains@JasonPawla73565@LilaGraceRose How much have you gotten away with could be locked up for years? You don't even know all of it because no one knows how many still on the books laws are just not enforced or caught.
@BHill31124@LilaGraceRose Maybe you'd be locked up if the Law knew everything thing you've gotten away with and even thought of doing.
And until you know, you'd do best to not speak without full knowledge.
This is a "pastor" men....
"Rude" is Sin, not being a word for "edification for the need of the moment". And he didn't confess and tell me on his own, so he "hid his sin" and can't admit it even when exposed, but diminishes it as just "rude".
It is the condition of Many pastors and sheep hearts on SM, and they get angry/Raca with people who use the Word how Jesus did back to Satan's misuse. And anger is Murder to God. A Block on SM is 99% of time Raca/Hate-Murder
@AgelessDiy Okay then they know who God has elected and didn't? This verse does Not mean Christ died for every human being (the *whole world")
This is a most brash Arrogance and claiming to be God, having secret knowledge only the Father, Son and Spirit knows.
Looks like you "figured" you'd hide your sinful heart. Prov 28:13
Where's the "shut up"?
So again you use scripture to "shut up" others while ignoring it yourself? If you obeyed it rather than think you're exempt, you'd not have commented at first and dug this foolish hole you are in now.
Your pride is so massive and blinding you, you don't see you're the recipient right now of your boastful "fool" proverb rather than the server of it, because you literally omitted one word from it to justify your whole X "ministry" of snark. You're literally doing what Satan did to Jesus trying to quote a Scripture to Him.
Just waiting for you to Block or never stop until you have the last word.
Still didn't go look at your Pinned post error?
How deep are you going to dig this hole, or will you humble yourself, mourn violation of such elementary principles of God especially as "stricter judged" man, and Confess and Forsake this self righteous "ministry/profile?
You don't read "every" word of the Word do you? Pick and choose what's nice and comfortable. But "every" person He loves.
You don't know the difference in Love and Common Grace....."in rains on the Just and Unjust". But a little grace is not Love as your common mindset across the world misconstrues.
I'm sadly guessing your not in Covenant membership and accountability under a Shepherd, and likely attend a Cultural Christian Nondenominational church, Seeker Sensitive and Man Centered
@Torgmada@kenispreaching@AgelessDiy Then "incomplete" is Untrue. Literally the violation of "do not add or take away". Because when doing so, it Baits and misleads hearer as to what He means.
I'm fully informed of your "ministry", and after that still rightly posed the Question to clarify, not "judging merely on appearance, and asked you to opportunity to answer how it looks like such I said.
You didn't answer the question as it was asked, very first sentence.
Rather than answer with the grace of understanding how it can easily look that way, you gave a canned oversimplified answer and then assumed I assumed by final judgement conclusion, though I asked and not a closed statement . For someone who does have the kind of motives they shouldn't, and a Pastor "more strictly judged", and not judging/assuming from objective inquiry, they'd come back with further inquiry humble question. "That's not my intention but I absolutely don't want to keep coming across that way. Could you tell/help me further see what you might be seeing in God's grace that I don't, and will certainly humbly consider adjustments where possible. Because I fully understand my position requires I be on top of not looking like and acting like the world."
You know something like this/variation? But you went straight Defensiveness to "I have no sin or impurity deliberately or otherwise in ministry, so I will not even consider God sent you to help me in the least." Heb 13:2, Ezek 3:17-21
I hope you also know "comedic" people, who deliberately focus on it and spend time developing and displaying it for attention, are vastly the most insecure people and craving of acceptance from and pleasing of men, regardless of it having any religious spin or content. And then they are defensive type as well.
How does Redeemer Medford afford you to not have to work to support your family and peruse SM rather than give nonstudying time for College and Seminary to your wife and children? Do you ever go back and read your profile posts for any inadvertent errors or is that snarky Pinned post about Prov 26:4-5 deliberately twisted, absent, and mixed with another partial verse?
Sir, you don't want me to keep going about your naivety of Bible principles and doctrine foolishly exposed by your own mouth/posts.
Your review of my other posts, profile exposure and intent of the activity is not in the least similar or correlated to "like" Keith's. You are clearly a fan follower of his, that's fine, but the partiality and lacking elementary discernment is despicable for anyone of leadership "judged more strictly"
Not to mention you have not sought what gender or age or faith understanding of who you're deciding to engage so you can righteously speak to them in informed grace. Your profile and speaking to me hear displays modern-day self righteous Pharisee, assuming [some] academic Bible knowledge and a position affords you superiority and exclusion especially from that "stricter judgment" that actually would have you "be quiet" in over have of what you post and say.
Then she confesses her Sin of neglect of her husband and children, since that is what was happening with all the time certainly stolen from them in her trying to have a career and not be at home with these infants in their crucial early months.
This is literally child abuse in God's eyes every "Christian" mother who does this because she has a job/career.