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     %MESSIAH QUESTION MISLEADING DISCIPLES KINGDOM+950425
    %HEAVEN SALVATION REDEMPTION CONDEMNATION DEVIL+950425
    %JUDGMENTAL LEGALISM ACCEPTANCE REJECTION GODLY 950425

     Pat is a great teacher, healer and leader of many.

     Pat's disciples come and ask, "Are you the Messiah?"

     How might Pat answer to avoid being misleading?

     If   the  hearers  understand  the  question   in   a
misleading way and Pat's answer is "Yes" or "No", then the
disciples  will   be   mislead   by   their own misleading
understanding of the question; being elated, offended,  or
disappointed  as the case may be,  but in any  case  being
mislead by their own assumptions.

     If  the hearers understand the question in the  light
of the open and honest fellowship which is  the kingdom of
heaven and Pat's answer is "Yes"  they will recognize that
that  is  an answer with integrity---because in that light
they  may  all honestly answer the question "Yes".     If,
however, Pat answers "No" they will know that Pat does not
understand the question  in  the  light  of  the  open and
honest fellowship which is the kingdom of heaven---because
in  that light they may all honestly answer  the  question
"Yes".
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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