In the recounting of an event, it is best to go out of the way not to use a negative word. On the other hand, Jesus said directly, hypocrites you are a brood of vipers.
When I spoke of the place I lodged in Oregon, where I visited recently, I said I would not say it was sleazy but rather that I was not sure if the woman at the front desk had all her teeth or not.
She was nice.
This is the fulfillment of the Torah portion this week about the words we use.
Use positive words so you will not be defiled nor defile others.
This is the beginning of the new heavens and earth. It all starts with language. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God and the Word was with God. Jesus is the Word and the way we speak elevates life into the heavens.
To say when God said in Genesis, "Let us make man in our image.." means we are involved in creation is a misreading of the text.
Man was not there with God when He created not only man but the universe. There was a divine counsel, yet God alone created man. This is clear because Scripture says unequivocally that God made man.
God works powerfully in the affairs of men and chooses to include His divine counsel in the process, yet God alone is the One who gets it done.
It is wonderful grace that enables any of us like Isaiah to say, Here am I, I will go, and it is the power of God that bears the fruit of the age to come.
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