Committment

In Hebrew, one prominent meaning of "love" includes the element, 'commitment.' Have you ever been associated with an intense discussion or argument? Have you ever had a friend or a loved one who was involved in such an encounter that their lives might be in danger? Sometimes those people having such a discussion cannot speak rationally due to other personal issues and it is best to leave the situation and let tempers "cool down", some. Let’s remember one situation in which the persistent Paul found himself as he taught about Jesus. He had an intense argument. Yet when he went away, the Holy Spirit continued to work on these people in his absence. While his efforts were productive, Paul was not the point, it was the Holy Spirit promoting Jesus. "And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death. But when the brethren learned of it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus. So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase." - Acts 9:29-31 (NASB). If Christians have the opportunity, they need to introduce others to Jesus, but they must remember that they are the instruments of the message, not the orchestrator.