Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 12:43 pm
Sli,
Now I am all about loving my neighbor, and Christ instructs me to do this, so I do.
But to propose that Christians must be sheep led to slaughter is silly. Love our enemies, pray for those that do us harm, transcend the wicked, and be seperate from the world around us, yes. Sit back and watch my wife killed, no.
I can forgive and love the wicked but I don't have to participate in their antics, sanction them, much less condone evil actions like the killing of Christians, the beheading of innocents, little children, and others.
Eventually the Big JC will return and decimate the enemy for the very immoral and outrageous evil being committed in much of the world, which outside of Western cultures must surely seem like a tribulation.
So yes spread the Gospel, try to live correctly, make mistakes, and live my life in Love. But in my Book to simply watch evil happen right in front of me and then do nothing about it would be greater evil.
J15:13 - "...No greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends".
Now I am all about loving my neighbor, and Christ instructs me to do this, so I do.
But to propose that Christians must be sheep led to slaughter is silly. Love our enemies, pray for those that do us harm, transcend the wicked, and be seperate from the world around us, yes. Sit back and watch my wife killed, no.
I can forgive and love the wicked but I don't have to participate in their antics, sanction them, much less condone evil actions like the killing of Christians, the beheading of innocents, little children, and others.
Eventually the Big JC will return and decimate the enemy for the very immoral and outrageous evil being committed in much of the world, which outside of Western cultures must surely seem like a tribulation.
So yes spread the Gospel, try to live correctly, make mistakes, and live my life in Love. But in my Book to simply watch evil happen right in front of me and then do nothing about it would be greater evil.
J15:13 - "...No greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends".