Controversies, Genealogies, and Dissensions.

I have posted this verse on my Facebook page 3 times in the last 10 days:

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about 
the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. Titus 3:9 ESV

The verse after it states:

As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, 
have nothing more to do with him

Or as the King James version puts it:

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about 
the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. Titus 3:9

A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;

Those are pretty strong words and that verse has been rolling around in my mind for days. I knew I would write a blog about it.  Titus 3:9 and 10 remind me of a quote from Pope Francis. -- "If 
someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then 
who am I to judge him? ... The problem is not having this tendency, no, 
we must be brothers and sisters to one another. The problem is in 

making a lobby of this tendency: a lobby of misers, a lobby of politicians, 
a lobby of masons, so many lobbies." (News conference during flight 
from Brazil to Rome, July 28, 2013).

We can get SO caught up in what we believe as Christians and think that everyone else should believe the very same way. Everyone's walk with Christ is unique and NO ONE  can say a brother or  sister Christian is wrong. We might not understand the walk our    brother or sister in Christ is taking but we are walking a different walk than they are and they are walking a different walk than we are.  

How can we criticize that?   I'm not sure we can.

I must admit Titus 3:9 has given me pause to think about the subjects I put my effort      toward.

Something to think about.

J.