Have you ever been misunderstood, misrepresented, or criticized

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Have you ever been misunderstood, misrepresented,
or criticized?
How did it feel?
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For every action, there is an equal and opposite
criticism.
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Constructive criticism is when I criticize you
destructive criticism is when you criticize me.
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Tradition Says

• James was beheaded in Jerusalem.
• John was in Ephesus and banished to Island of
  Patmos
• Peter was crucified in Rome, upside down..
• Matthew went to Persia.
• Philip was hanged in Hieropolis of Phrygia.
• James the less went to Syria.

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Tradition Says

• Bartholomew went to India, Armenia, and Phrygia
• Andrew went to Scythia, north of Black Sea,
  Russia.
• Thomas went to Parthians, Medes, Persians,
  Carmanians, Hyrcanians, Bactrians, Magians, and
  finally India.
• Matthias was in Judea.
• Thaddeus/Judas went to Northern Mesopotamia and
  Armenia.
• Simon went to Egypt, Africa, and possibly Britain.

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Acts 2417 (NASB)

• Now after several years I came to bring alms to
  my nation and to present offerings

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Romans 229 (NASB)

• But he is a Jew who is one inwardly and
  circumcision is that which is of the heart, by
  the Spirit, not by the letter and his praise is
  not from men, but from God.

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Galatians 323-25 (NASB)

• But before faith came, we were kept in custody
  under the law, being shut up to the faith which
  was later to be revealed. Therefore the Law has
  become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we
  may be justified by faith. But now that faith has
  come, we are no longer under a tutor.

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Galatians 49-10 (NASB)

• But now that you have come to know God, or
  rather to be known by God, how is it that you
  turn back again to the weak and worthless
  elemental things, to which you desire to be
  enslaved all over again?
• You observe days and months and seasons and
  years.

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Galatians 56 (NASB)

• For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor
  uncircumcision means anything, but faith working
  through love.

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Acts 1818 (NASB)

• Paul, having remained many days longer, took
  leave of the brethren and put out to sea for
  Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila In
  Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he was keeping
  a vow.

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Acts 163 (NASB)

• Paul wanted this man to go with him and he took
  him and circumcised him because of the Jews who
  were in those parts, for they all knew that his
  father was a Greek.

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• An order that can be misunderstood will be
  misunderstood.
• Army Law

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• Christ-Followers
• avoid giving
• or receiving
• bad reports.

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• God Himself does not propose to judge a man
  until he is dead. So why should you?

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• When you throw dirt at people youre not doing a
  thing but losing ground.
• - Zig Ziglar

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• Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his
  shoes. That way, when you do criticize him,
  you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.
• --Steve Martin

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• Christ-Followers avoid giving criticism and
  making quick judgments.

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II Corinthians 614-18 (NASB)

• Do not be bound together with unbelievers for
  what partnership have righteousness and
  lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with
  darkness? Or what harmony has Christ with Belial,
  or what has a believer in common with an
  unbeliever? Or what agreement has the temple of
  God with idols? For we are the temple of the
  living God just as God said, I WILL DWELL IN
  THEM AND WALK

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II Corinthians 614-18 (cont)

• AMONG THEM AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY
  SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. Therefore, COME OUT FROM
  THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE, says the Lord. AND
  DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN and I will welcome
  you. And I will be a father to you, And you shall
  be
• sons and daughters to Me, Says the Lord
  Almighty.

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Numbers 614-15 (NASB)

• He shall present his offering to the LORD one
  male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt
  offering and one ewe-lamb a year old without
  defect for a sin offering and one ram without
  defect for a peace offering, and a basket of
  unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil and
  unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with
  their grain offering and their drink offering.

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• What reaction(s) could Paul have had to these
  requests?

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I Corinthians 919-23 (NASB)

• For though I am free from all men, I have made
  myself a slave to all, so that I may win more. To
  the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win
  Jews to those who are under the Law, as under
  the Law though not being myself under the Law, so
  that I might win those who are under the Law to
  those who are without law, as without law, though
  not being

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• Christ-Followers respond with humility when
  criticized.

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• I used to think, that Gods gifts were on
  shelves - one above the other, and the taller we
  grow, the easier we can reach them. Now I find
  that Gods gifts are on shelves one beneath
  another, and the lower we stoop, the more we
  grow! F.B. Meyer

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Herods Temple
Herods Temple
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• No foreigner may enter within the barricade
  which surrounds the sanctuary and enclosure.
  Anyone who is caught so doing will have himself
  to blame for his ensuing death.

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Some Suggestions

• Accept that misunderstandings will happen.
• Avoid giving or receiving bad reports.
• Avoid making quick judgments without all/more of
  the facts.
• Accept responsibility to be positive rather than
  negative/critical.
• Accept criticism with humility.

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Philippians 48 (NASB)

• Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is
  honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
  whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute,
  if there is any excellence and if anything worthy
  of praise, dwell on these things.

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