Posted by Steven on September 04, 2000 at 23:11:09:
In Reply to: Slamder posted by Oxinthefield on September 04, 2000 at 20:32:12:
: I have recently learned of some gossip and slander going on among the family...fortunately I was no part of the action, however, I know very closly the people that were hurt by 4th and 5th generation news. Obviously the accusers never listened to the message that Steve has been preaching for the last howevermany years. Satan is the accuser, not us. Let's not act like victums regardless of weather we were victumized or not. Quite frankly it is pathetic. Think of these things as slamder, because that is what it is....the spiritual slamming of a brother or sister.
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There was a time in the mid-90's when I was elated that our group had almost no semblance of any slander going on. It lasted long enough to be truly phenomenal. I have never seen anything like it, and may never again. If I could fashion a guess as to what may have promoted this great season in our history, it would be the fact that God was revealing himself clearly and powerfully in our midst, and everyone was too overwhelmed and excited about who He is and what He was doing to be so petty as to start judging each other.
If you want to pray for the accusers (most brothers and sisters have this problem from time to time), then pray that God will solidly overwhelm them with His realized Presence, with the glory and magnificence of who He is. That should help them forget all about their "spiritual discernment ministry" (judging). ;-)