Thoughts on Words

A response to some 'Christian' blog:

Words kill and words give life.

Then surely some were murdered here. And I wonder if any dead were made alive.

And not counting the numerous non-Christians who read this site and see all the squabbling, the abuse of Christianity for political power, the ego trips, the pride, the stupidity, the superstitions, etc etc

Has anyone blessed anyone here?

And then can that God has blessed be cursed, and that cursed be blessed?

How can I curse
those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce
those whom the LORD has not denounced?
[Num 23:8]

So it is only God who bless or curse. How much less can anyone speak to change it?

“... how can you who are evil say anything good?”, Jesus

But if it is God’s word, then it is only good, and the only proper response is Amen!

Only the wicked and evil refuses to acknowledge God’s word. And we have the example of Jacob and his sons who refuses to accept God’s word as revealed to Joseph in his dreams, not once but twice.

Now has anyone heard a donkey speak?

Well at least metaphorically speaking, in that you recognised that the word is of God, despite the lack of credentials or credibility on the part of the speaker, be it another human or any other thing.

So the liar can sometimes speak the truth too, if the listener hears truly and not judge.

And on the other hand the truth may not always be. Job’s friends were certainly speaking the truth.