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Re: You Can Fake It All
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Originally Posted by Timmy
They are presented that way. By THIS shall ALL men KNOW... The sheep were those who did the things listed. The goats were those who did not.
But sure, this must be another one of those scriptures that don't mean what they say, exactly.
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Those statements were directed toward Christians. It was a filter meant to be applied to Christians--and mostly to oneself.
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That was my point, yes.
And I didn't say they were.
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Yes, and I included in my original post that the statements weren't foolproof, which is why we weren't intended to be the ones doing the separating. (A concept reinforced by Jesus' parable about the tares and wheat.)
You implied that it could be applied to non-Christians with these comments:
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Originally Posted by Timmy
...And we all know it works, too! Nobody but true followers of Christ would love each other.
And then there is the whole sheep and goats thing. Everyone who feeds the hungry, gives drink to the thirsty, takes in strangers, etc. is in. And again, nobody but Christians do that. Obviously.
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To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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