http://notfridayclass.com/2011/04/faith-is-the-expression-of-charity/ New Church doctrinal class Thu, 02 May 2013 19:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://notfridayclass.com/2011/04/faith-is-the-expression-of-charity/#comment-2058 Amos Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:37:05 +0000 http://notfridayclass.com/?p=652#comment-2058 I’m trying (and so far failing) to think of a direct teaching of this idea, but I do have the clear idea that the quality of the good a person is attempting to do impacts the states of temptation the Lord allows and the strength of the opposition. Maybe not quite exactly that, but the forces of hell definitely wouldn’t like someone teaching true ideas and would haunt them with vengeance.

]]> http://notfridayclass.com/2011/04/faith-is-the-expression-of-charity/#comment-2033 Rick Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:59:44 +0000 http://notfridayclass.com/?p=652#comment-2033 While listening to the explanation of the impact of soemone who has a strong sense of faith, but who is in fact, still in a life of evil, I thought of a movie, “The Apostle”, where the lead character is a marvelous ambiguity; a great “preacher” , outwardly charitable, and yet clearly haunted by demons. We are so fortunate that the writings give us a clear understanding of such difficult behaviors. We have seen such examples from many popular evangelists, perhaps it is no coincidence that the stronger message sometimes reveals unresolved internal conflicts.

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