(September 17, 2015)
We have
language that is seemingly contradictory in these two chapters, but truly it is
not. First, we are told to be temperate
in all things. Some people take that as
a means of denigrating those who are diligently trying to walk the path that
leads back to God (using temperance, almost, as a club to wield against those
they find overzealous).
But
almost immediately thereafter we are told to be diligent in keeping the
commandments of God. While we are to be
temperate, it is true, that temperance does not excuse disobedience towards God’s
commandments. Zealotry in turning our
wills over to God is no vice – it only becomes a vice when we serve ourselves or
our pride with our zealotry rather than the Lord.
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