BEWARE THE GNATS!
Friday, July 26, 2019
One of the
principles of Bible hermeneutics is there is but one explanation but there may
be numerous applications. “Thou shalt not steal” is an example of this; items
in hand not ours, but also playing a PC game while being paid to work, or
conversely not working at playing a PC game when you’re paid to do so. Matthew
23:24 is like this, Jesus explaining a truth about present and eternal
spiritual matters that the religious leaders were missing the major
significance of while they emphasized minor things.
History is rife
with the gnat/camel mis-focusing. Native Americans focused on winning battles
and not on strategy and tactics to win the war physically and/or politically,
whereas the invaders focused on winning the war though they lost many battles;
this Little Big Horn scenario common to political and military history. Putting
symbolics above substance in family is another practice. (Family fun or reputation
overarching family soul.)
This not to say
that gnats are to be entirely always ignored, but that the gnat/camel truth
means we should prioritize what is most important to invest prayerful time,
thought, $$, and effort in.
EBB4
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