hey, i know i'm a hypocrite! but i would lie to you, if that was the only thing that might get you to drop the knife. I am open to your objections @ "as long as it's not the one where all Muslims, or Whomever--pick the group--are hopelessly deceived and going to hell, and he knows how to 'help' them, then i say amen."
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Originally Posted by mfblume
I am not condoning any bad spirits of those who claim to be Christians. But it is a basic 101 issue that those who reject Christ's work of the cross as VITAL for salvation are LOST, period. That's not a bad attitude. That's just bible.
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sorry, but that is condoning a death centered Christian; you imagine that you have a good definition of "Cross," but then refuse to pick it up? Basic 101 is that love conquers all; this is even before basic 101. 'Love your neighbor' is not qualified anywhere in Scripture, that i can find. Your little kids don't hate Muslims. If you don't have love, you are just making noise.
Now i guess i'll get to hear how you actually
love Muslims, but you just consider them "lost."
sorry, it just doesn't work that way. Such is the heart. You have deemed them, essentially, "inferior." You consider them a threat. They are your enemy, along with anyone else you deem inferior--homosexuals, Baptists, Trinnys--all need your help, your guiding hand, to find the light. I grew up with this, and felt that way myself. It leads to death.
"Humble" and "they are lost" cannot, ever, coexist in the same person. One must needs set their cross down to peer into a woman's "store window," and make observations about what she prolly has for sale, or make the observation that someone else is "lost." With all due respect.
The Bible is not a weapon, to beat others up with. Yes, it can be used that way, but don't doubt that this will define your heart, in the end. The best thing one might do with the Bible is to take all those verses that they have been applying to the "lost," and consider how they might apply to themselves...and vice-versa. Even for Muslims.
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