Foolish Fights

"But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless." ~Paul

When I look at the life of Jesus, I see several instances where the religious leaders of his time tried to engage him in arguments. They did their best to bait him into their petty quarrels. An example of this is in Matthew 22. The Sadducees asked about whose wife would a woman be in the resurrection if she had been married to all seven brothers of one family. They didn't even believe in the resurrection. I love how Jesus tells them flat out you're wrong because you don't know the Scriptures or the power of God. Hadn't they read what God said to them in Exodus? When the crowd heard this, they were astonished at his teaching! Who wouldn't be? He had shredded the "spiritual" mysticism that these men had cloaked themselves with. He refused to argue with them but he also refused to let them misrepresent his Father. He refused to let them remain in error. He loved them that much!

No one has ever been argued into obeying God's word. It's useless to craft pithy debates thinking that somehow they will be profitable for the kingdom of heaven. I'm told in Titus that people that argue and quarrel about the Scriptures are divisive, warped and sinful. They're self-condemned! I see the truth of this around me. Aggressive fights about stupid things abound. Jesus had no time for that and neither should I.  

"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men." ~Paul