God places it on our hearts ,when we are to apologise.

[Riverwalker]

Isaiah 40:1 

“Comfort, yes, comfort My people!”
Says your God.
2 “Speak [a]comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her,
That her warfare is ended,
That her iniquity is pardoned;
For she has received from the Lord’s hand
Double for all her sins.”

3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made [c]straight
And the rough places smooth;
5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

6 The voice said, “Cry out!”
And [d]he said, “What shall I cry?”

“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But the word of our God stands forever.”

9 O Zion,
You who bring good tidings,
Get up into the high mountain;
O Jerusalem,
You who bring good tidings,
Lift up your voice with strength,
Lift it up, be not afraid;
Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”

10 Behold, the Lord God shall come [e]with a strong hand,
And His arm shall rule for Him;
Behold, His reward is with Him,
And His [f]work before Him.
11 He will feed His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those who are with young.

12 Who has measured the [g]waters in the hollow of His hand,
Measured heaven with a [h]span
And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
Weighed the mountains in scales
And the hills in a balance?
13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord,
Or as His counselor has taught Him?
14 With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him,
And taught Him in the path of justice?
Who taught Him knowledge,
And showed Him the way of understanding?

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket,
And are counted as the small dust on the scales;
Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All nations before Him are as nothing,
And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.

18 To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
19 The workman molds an image,
The goldsmith overspreads it with gold,
And the silversmith casts silver chains.
20 Whoever is too impoverished for such a contribution
Chooses a tree that will not rot;
He seeks for himself a skillful workman
To prepare a carved image that will not totter.

21 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is He who sits above the circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
23 He [j]brings the princes to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth useless.

24 Scarcely shall they be planted,
Scarcely shall they be sown,
Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth,
When He will also blow on them,
And they will wither,
And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.

25 “To whom then will you liken Me,
Or to whom shall I be equal?” says the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high,
And see who has created these things,
Who brings out their host by number;
He calls them all by name,
By the greatness of His might
And the strength of His power;
Not one is missing.

27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
And speak, O Israel:
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
And my just claim is passed over by my God”?
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

[Whyme]

a·pol·o·gy

/əˈpäləjē/

noun

1. 1.

   a regretful acknowledgment of an offense or failure

    

   re·pent

   /rəˈpent/

   verb

   1. feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin.

[Whyme]

3 minutes ago, Josheb said:

I did not say you did. I simply said when we apply loving others as we love ourselves and doing unto others..... we should do so based on the scriptures' definitions of love because worldly definitions of love applied to the worldly practice of apology doesn't get us very far scripturally, and if we practiced those two standards well there'd be no reason to apologize . 

 

If an apology is to be an act of love then it must not only be an admission of wrongdoing (confession) and remorse leading to change (repentance) it must also be kind, patient, humble, hopeful, trusting and all the other attributes of love scripture asserts. 

You and I should not have any disagreement about that if the scriptures are our (mutual) authority or standard. 

Sure the apology should be a godly one

[johnthebaptist]

1 minute ago, Josheb said:

Yes, I do sometimes post lengthily but most of my posts to you are within 2-300 words and no one else seems to have any difficulty staying on topic.  

I reiterate: the topic of conversation is the premise God places apologies on our heart and my position is 1) while an apology is a common and acceptable social convention, 2) it is not what scripture teaches and 3) there is a higher standard to which we are called when doing wrong and that standard applies no matter the wrong; even in cases of adultery. 

 

What is difficult to follow about that?

I respond to posts. If the post I respond to is off topic, then my response will be off topic.

[Whyme]

computers are not in the bible but you use one to preach the word

[Whyme]

Just now, Josheb said:

Do you find the apology, "I apologize for the way I spoke to you..." a godly apology? Does it meet the standards you have posted? 

whats wrong with it?

[Whyme]

4 minutes ago, Josheb said:

Do you find the apology, "I apologize for the way I spoke to you..." a godly apology? Does it meet the standards you have posted? 

Do you find, "You do it, too" a godly apology?

You do it too? 

[johnthebaptist]

1 minute ago, Josheb said:

And when someone asks for a return to the topic and provides topical input with which to do so, then what?

 

 

the topic of conversation is the premise God places apologies on our heart and my position is 1) while an apology is a common and acceptable social convention, 2) it is not what scripture teaches and 3) there is a higher standard to which we are called when doing wrong and that standard applies no matter the wrong; even in cases of adultery. 

 

 

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Why would anyone want to control a conversation? If I start a thread that inspires a couple of people to go out on a tangent, good for them!

[Whyme]

Just now, Josheb said:

Please do not shift the onus. ot only have I already answered that question but I am asking you about your posts. I cannot speak for you. The only way I will know what you believe or think is by asking. 

 

I wonder why I can't get direct answers to my questions but I've been delaying that inquiry in hopes some op-relevant answers will be provided.

Do you think the examples I posted meet the standard(s) you've posted?

You are playing word games. I think a sincere apology is like repenting.

[Riverwalker]

24 minutes ago, Josheb said:

Hmmm... 

Deuteronomy 23:1
"No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD."

Deuteronomy 25:5-12
“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.  And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.  And if the man does not wish to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’  Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him, and if he persists, saying, ‘I do not wish to take her,’  then his brother’s wife shall go up to him in the presence of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. And she shall answer and say, ‘So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’  And the name of his house shall be called in Israel, ‘The house of him who had his sandal pulled off.’  “When men fight with one another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts,  then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity."

Anyone can copy and paste scripture. 

What is the purpose of posting the Isaiah text?

 

Somehow that got posted in the wrong post  LOL I must need a nap