MOORMANISM #24, 7-27-72
Moormanisms
If 90% of the people like us, the other 10% of the people hate us because the 90% like us.
Study the actions and deeds of people. In many cases they do not match what they say.
A piece of philosophy I carry around with me: “We don’t need the approval of everyone.”
In January, 1943, I was a small boat engineer for a certain admiral. A strong wind and waves came up and we were taking on water faster than the pumps could get rid of it. I said, “Sir we’re going to sink.” The admiral said, “Son they got caskets ain’t they?” “Yes,” I answered, “but if we sink, you won’t get one. The fish will get you.” “You shut up,” the admiral said, and a lot more. I did, but I thought a lot of things.
Years ago a big mill burned. One guy did a lot of talking about how the mill was burned by competitors. Finally, he was placed on the witness stand, where he stated that then he was talkin', but now he was swearin’.
I went into a market called “Grab It Here”. I grabbed here and there and I couldn’t find it anywhere.
The Gospel According to Hank:
"Study the actions and deeds of people. In many cases they do not match what they say." If you talk the walk, you better walk the talk. Scriptures that parallel this Moormanism are 1John 3:18 and James 2:14-26.
1 John 3:18 'Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth' (NIV).
James 2:14-26New International Version (NIV)
Faith and Deeds
14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[a]? 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[b] and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
The Moormanisms that dealt with not needing the approval of everyone and how people tend to dislike those people that other people like, are too true, especially in a small town. Sometimes we are very jealous of others. Hank was very perceptive when it came to understanding people and the way we treat others.
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