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There are some beliefs that don't matter. If I believe that we should have corn for supper and my wife believes in beans, we probably compromise and have corn one night and beans the next or vice versa. Both are good foods. The choice between them is inconsequential compared to the peace and unity of our home. There are also times when compromise and abandonment of individual belief is wise and necessary in the interests of unity. As an American, it is my belief that automobiles should be driven on the right-hand side of the street. But if I go to a portion of the world where it is the unanimous belief that automobiles should be driven on the left side of the street, I would be very foolish and stubborn indeed not to be willing to sacrifice my belief for the sake of unity. It is not a life-and-death matter whether I drive to the right or to the left, but unity in such a procedure may very well be a matter of life and death. There are times when belief matters very much — when it is much more important to be right than to be popular, when correctness is more to be desired than unity — yes, when such correctness is absolutely essential to continued existence. You may get only one chance with the gun you believe isn't loaded, the wire you think isn't charged with high voltage electricity, the match over the gas well you believe to be empty. The pathways of history are littered with the wreckage of men and nations and civilizations that thought it unimportant whether they believed in the laws of God or not as long as they were powerful and popular and accepted by their neighbors. The laws of God's kingdom — and of God's universe — are inexorable, inescapable, unchangeable. Sincere belief cannot save. Expert opinion cannot save. It is well to be tolerant of the opinions and beliefs of others and to recognize their sincerity. It is well to wish for and work for Christian unity. But it is better to remember that the only safe unity is a unity based on truth — that one man who believes and acts upon truth is mightier than hundreds of millions who believe and act upon error.  Quote this article on your site | Views: 515 | Print | E-mail
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Lectionary Passages for November 23rd 2008
[Year A]
Proper 29(34)
Sundays after Pentecost
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
Psalm 100
Matthew 25:31-46
Ephesians 1:15-23
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