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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
...What are your immediate impressions of this rubric? The premise of the rubric is that, concerning idols, there are different standards of accountability, based on personal knowledge and conscience. If this seems like a workable rubric, onto what do you think these four categories should map in the LC? What's the "idol" and what's "food sacrificed to idols" etc...?
Thoughts?
Peter
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I have a thought, too
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We are all individuals. God deals with us as individuals. As individuals we sin, and as individuals we are accountable.
I don't think a sinful man is in a position to think he can "figure out" his own accountability based on a reasoned approach. Would the purpose be to repent only to the extent of what we have reasoned or perceived we are guilty and no further? Would that be to make ourselves feel better that we were not perhaps as deceived as someone else?
We are dependant on the One against whom we sinned to enlighten us about our sin, either through His word or the Holy Spirit or both.
As in the Word, if someone sins against me, it is my responsibility to go to that person and enlighten them. Otherwise, they might not know about their sin against me. That's how people know about their sin.
We are convicted of our sin, either by the Word or the Holy Spirit. It's not based on reasoning or a rubric, unless of course, your rubric is the Word of God.
When we stand before Him one day, will He be looking at our rubric that we came up with for our guidelines of repentance to Him? "But Lord, I read it on the forum! I was only a category 5 idolator...don't you see?"
I like the "mercy seat" approach. I'm glad there is one, and that's where I want to be. I just want to depend on His mercy alone, because I need it real bad. Anything I come up with has been called "filthy rags."
Nell