Amen Robin ... in fact some of the clearest passages in scripture are the
ones we
stumble over most often.
For instance, what do we do with passages like this one from 1John when by
all
appearances those we may not even consider Christians "DO IT" while
"Christians"
exhibit the exact opposite characteristics?
IJohn 3:10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are
manifest:
Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does
not love his
brother.
11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we
should love one
another,
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the
brethren.
He who does not love his brother abides in death.
"robin" <rs2405@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message news
alt.religion.christian.home-
church:<1110314613.995303.43160@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...
>The main point of scripture is surely not the hurtful strife and
>bickering we constantly see, but surely it is upliftment.
>
>Just quoting scripture for the purpose of beating someone down, making
>them feel rejected, or less knowledgable, or a heathen, that was not
>the good news of the ev angelion. The gospel message of the lord jesus
>was upliftment, doing good, walking humbly with god.
>
>Like native spirituality, it was intended to be lived. It aint just
>knowing a bunch of fancy theology, or knowing when, how, in what order,
>all sorts of abstruse end times events are going to eschatologically
>occur. NO!! It's doing the simple words of jesus in the here and now,
>in the flesh, among one's fellow human beings, right herebelow.
>
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