I love you, and that’s why I hate you
I’m totally separated from the world so that I can reach the world
I have a mind that is so chaste and pure that I constantly obsess
about sin and impurity
I’m humble and so proud of that fact
I am at peace in Jesus so I fight endlessly with family
I study to show myself approved through honorary doctorates and
fake degrees
I have the joy of the Lord which is why I am so angry
I am your servant leader which is what makes you my slave
I am a fundamentalist who can’t remember the last time I actually
cared, talked about or preached about the real fundamentals
Insightful observations! The true fundamentals center on Christ and his love and grace toward us, toward all mankind. "Standards" should flow from love and not from law/self-righteousness. Two people can be following a similar "standard," the one from a motive of love and a consideration of others, knowing that God accepts him because of Christ's righteousness and that he has none of his own -- the other out of self-righteousness and a belief in his own superiority and merit. But the focus should not be "standards"; our eyes should be looking to the Lord who saved us, though ever undeserving, by his infinite grace.
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