Cheryl

Charis,

I apologized because I got the date wrong. I also wanted to re-listen to the quote myself and couldn’t find it. I know that he said that I couldn’t come back on the program because I was “radio poison”. Quoting someone else bad mouthing me is wrong and using that to silence me is equally as wrong. However I did fail to be accurate in my date and I do love accuracy. Perhaps one can be tempted to be hasty if they are the one who has been maligned. I will not be back on his forum so anyone who wants to post there go ahead. The attitude of ripping at the sheep is just more than I can take. However I have learned that I can be called evil things (heretic, false teacher, radio poison) and still be okay. God has promised a special blessing when people say all kinds of false things against us and despitefully use us. I will pray for Matt, his wife and his kids. This attitude certainly must affect them too and I trust that Matt’s rudeness will not turn off people from the gospel. I have never felt loved or even liked by him and I knew that from the beginning. A year and a half ago he promised he would be kind and respectful but his original email to me was filled with mocking. I should have known that he likes to win the argument and he has no concern whatsoever for anyone who does not agree with him.

The dust is wiped from my feet and time to move on.

One other thing, yes I know what you mean about the apology thing. I have always apologized for everyone else’s sin but I have done so not because I felt a victim but because I didn’t feel a victim. If there was even a shred of evidence that I might be to blame for someone else’s hurt, then I do not want to stand in their way between them and the Lord. I would rather apologize and risk ridicule then to say nothing and in any way hurt my dear brother or sister in Christ. Some I know are not really brothers in Christ and we can get a hint of that because of the fruit that we see coming out from them. But in this life we cannot fully judge that. They may be a broken vessel just striking out in their pain. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt before I give up on them.