Exactly.Who would deny Christ when they realize heaven is real?
Many of whom are finding out who he is for the first time.
Not as the "Christ-rejecters" you claim they are.
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Exactly.Who would deny Christ when they realize heaven is real?
Love the title of your thread:"Say what?"
"Love Judas? We hate Judas!"
"He betrayed our Lord! Why would we love Judas?"
Perhaps Jesus understood this better than we do.
As indicated in this scripture.
John 13:26-28 NIV
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give
this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.”
Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
28 But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him.
Did Jesus love Judas?
If Jesus loved Judas, shouldn't we?
"To love a betrayer, a person who seeks your actual harm and
who slanders you, is a part of our faith (Luke 6:22; 1 Peter 4:4). It literally is
the story of Jesus Christ. Also a part of our faith is the separation between Holy and unholy,
as was stated previously, between friend and foes, which will lead to separation
even amongst family (Luke 12:53). Loving a person who seeks to harm us lays hot coals
on the heads of the betrayer (Romans 12:20), but it also is most Christ like
when done so. Love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8) and it creates a pathway
for redemption (2 Corinthians 5:16-21) as we see people as more than just
flesh and blood, we see them as souls to be redeemed." Source
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More evil you are laying at God's doorstep.Again, At the great white, every will profess christ. but at the same time, they will be cast into the lake of fire..
I can't take credit for the title.Love the title of your thread:
The challenge in Christianity is not to love Jesus, it's to love Judas.
It’s the only question. Because if they do not believe this they are lost.Again, that's the wrong question.
Do they reject Jesus? No, they honor him as a Prophet.
They say that when he returns he will set the Christian church straight on all their error.
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Lol. They had a lifetime to say yes. They said no so they have no excuseExactly.
Many of whom are finding out who he is for the first time.
Not as the "Christ-rejecters" you claim they are.
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If you think God is evil because he imposes judgement. Then you must think every judge is evilMore evil you are laying at God's doorstep.
A forced confession followed by torture and execution? Cruel and sadistic.
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How did you arrive at that conclusion?They had a lifetime to say yes. They said no so they have no excuse
You are the one testifying to an evil god, not me.If you think God is evil because he imposes judgement. Then you must think every judge is evil
Romans 1 says they have no excuse.How did you arrive at that conclusion?
Countless billions have gone to the afterlife having never even heard the name of Jesus.
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Nope I testify of a just God.You are the one testifying to an evil god, not me.
I don't believe the horrible things you are saying about God.
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We are not God, and He does not always allow us to do what He Himself does - righteously. But we are not Him, obviously!Jesus taught us to love our enemies. Do we fulfill that command by incinerating them?
Or would God not accept that as a loving response from us?
I don’t think any kind of love that comes out of my carnal nature or “white-knuckling” ofWe are not God, and He does not always allow us to do what He Himself does - righteously. But we are not Him, obviously!
We are to love our enemies, and allow God to be their judge, not usurping His place. That does not mean He will not judge. Not by any means! God's judgment of the evildoer is well attested to in Scripture.
Much love!
That's what I figured you would say. It doesn't hold water.Romans 1 says they have no excuse.
Actually there is.. Although they knew God, they denied him, So God gave them up to their lusts. and allowed them to make their own Gods.St. SteVen said:
How did you arrive at that conclusion?
Countless billions have gone to the afterlife having never even heard the name of Jesus.
That's what I figured you would say. It doesn't hold water.
There's no gospel message in creation.
Unless you are claiming that recognizing a creator in creation is salvation in itself. ???
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Understandably.I am worried about you my friend.
@Eternally GratefulI'm okay with doctrinal diversity.
We are mostly in agreement on that, as stated.Jesus said no one comes to the father but through me
We all will have to give an account, we can not blame a church, or anyone else if we get it wrong.
That's my view on things..
well paul said anyone who taught another gospel should be anathema (cursed, damnedP so I think he made it clear. There is only one way to heaven, not many ways as many want to believeWe are mostly in agreement on that, as stated.
Although, I'm not sure about the "... if we get it wrong." part.
I think God knows that none of us will get it 100% right. It doesn't matter.
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