pontification

Tuesday March 27th, Jeremiah 31: 34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." The trouble with most expressions of Christianity is that we still try to teach our neighbor what is right or wrong according to us, and assume that it is what is right or wrong for them. Instead of inviting others to join in the conversation, we want them to sit down, shut up and listen to us as we pontificate. God would rather that we trust the word of God also in their hearts and join in conversation rather than coercion, correction and manipulation. What if they make mistakes along the way??? It just proves that they are more like us than we want to admit and for that God has promised to remember their sins no more. The good news is that same promise extends to our pontification also.