So I wonder if I should call this a retraction...
An interesting point came out sunday as we sat in class discussing the book of acts and other of Paul's letters. There was disorder within the church and Paul was providing intruction for obtaining and maintaining order. But if you look closley the disorder and the chaos was caused by the spirit, well at least spirit led.
What do I mean...
Paul states that when they are prophesying that one should not speak on top of the other, that they should wait for one to finish or when another stands up the first should sit down... he gives other expamples and make other similar points... and I ponder this thought...
Why would the Spirit give more than one person stuff to say at the same time... why wouldn't the spirit finish with one person before lifting up the next. At the same time if it does no good to speak in tounges with no one to interpret, why would the Spirit gift somone with tongues with out gifting an interpreter. It would seem that these things would create chaos, and in fact Paul says that they do. He instructs us to not use our gifts in a chaotic fashion...
Along the same note, why would the spirit ever give two different people two different things to say at the same time, and would they ever contradict each other.
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I keep praying for the Spirit to allow me to be at peace in the midst of chaos... and I keep finding myself in the midst of chaos...
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It was a long day.
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. A piece of artwork, with beauty and order, and chaos. And don't tell me that God didn't create the chaos. I have often created artwork, and not once has there ever been anything in the piece that wasnt the result of something I did. We, you, me, everything in this world is the result of the master artist applying his brush to the canvas.
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Chaos is an integral part of life. It gives meaning to peace.
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