tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26269839.post116009251106524452..comments2024-02-05T02:21:36.759-06:00Comments on Geotheology: You Gotta Keep 'Em Separated > repostScott Starrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13830800584331515286noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26269839.post-70124460892282542912009-03-08T22:58:00.000-05:002009-03-08T22:58:00.000-05:00Nowadays I consider myself a pacifist or peacemake...Nowadays I consider myself a pacifist or peacemaker with regards to warfare. What that means to me is not a belief that all violence is always wrong no matter what. It does mean that I judge any given situation with a spiritual discernement and/or, to borrow a term from my friend DSM, a THEOLOGY OF NUANCE. It means that I choose violence as a solution last... not first. It means that I do not hate my enemies, but rather love them and consider my ultimate enemy not my fellow man... but the spiritual forces of darkness in the celestial realm as the Bible teaches. It means that I know that the power to give life is far greater than the power to kill and destroy. It means that I think eternally and act spiritually inasmuch as I am able as a weak and pitiful sinner and carnal man. It means that I leave room for God's plan and God's sovereign right to vengeance before my own. It means that I do not fear death... and am thus not controlled by fear in my actions or reactions... inasmuch as I am able. The Bible says that the spiritual man is able to discern of all things. If a man is in right relationship with all things - he will know what to do in any given situation as led by God. Take care with these words...<BR/>do not mistake your own desires or instincts for the true prompting of God. Attaining RIGHT relationship cannot be achieved without the surrender of the deadly sin of pride. One cannot defeat the deadly sin of pride without the ability of self analysis, the willingness to re-evaluate oneself's motives and/or positions and the willingness and/or ability to view the self through the eyes of the enemy.Scott Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830800584331515286noreply@blogger.com