Benefit of the Doubt
From www.cluthadc.govt.nz
"So Peter began to give them the facts as they had happened, 'I was at prayer in the city of Joppa when, in a trance, I saw a vision. Something like a large sheet came down from the sky and drew near to me, landing on the ground by its four corners. As I stared at it, I saw four-legged creatures of the earth, wild beasts and reptiles, and birds of the sky. Then I heard a voice saying to me: 'Get up, Peter, kill and eat!' I replied, 'Certainly not, Lord! No common or unclean creature has ever entered my mouth.' A second time the voice from the heavens spoke, 'What God has made clean, you must not call unclean.' This happened three times, and then it was all drawn up into the sky. At that moment three men, who had been sent to me from Caesaria, arrived at the house where we were staying. The Spirit instructed me to go with them without hesitation; so these six brothers came along with me and we entered into the man's house. He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and telling him: Send someone to Joppa and fetch Simon, also known as Peter. He will bring you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.'
"I had begun to address them when suddenly the Holy Spirit came upon them, just as it had come upon us at the beginning. Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' If then, God had given them the same gift that he had given us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to resist God?'
"When they heard this they set their minds at rest and praised God saying, 'Then God has granted life-giving repentance to the pagan nations as well.'"
ACTS 11:1-18
"Dear Lord, remind me that the measure
with which I measure others, will be measured out to me."
posted by ~GFA~ at 12:08 AM
4 Comments:
bakit sukat pa yung height?san mo nman plagiarized yan?rac
yung pic po, nakalagay kung saang site ko sya kinuha...
kaya naman po yung pic ay sinusukat, para akma dun sa message nung reading (pati nung prayer) about judging others.
i wish i had been given the benefit of the doubt by my own mom and sisters...but no...hayyy...yoko na umiyak. :-(
hmmm.. once read (or is it heard), that you don't need to explain why you acted that way or why that is your decision, as long as you believe that what you did is right and nobody got hurt along the way-- you acted on it, period. but man is a social being that one can't help but seek for acceptance from others. it takes a strong and courageous man (or woman) to stand pat on his/her principlies.
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