Rex
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It simply shows or proves that there are many that are goats but speak like lambs.Guestman said:Why is it that "Christians" (as on this and other forums) are the ones that show so much hate ? One reason could be that the unscriptural belief in a torturous "hellfire" could be a trigger, as well as the religious leaders of Christendom inciting their members to go to war, physically venting their hatred toward others and being able to justify it in the eyes of the "church"(but not in God's eyes).
For example, Just before the 2011 Christmas celebrations, fighting broke out among some 100 priests and monks of rival denominations in the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem. “It was a trivial problem that . . . occurs every year,” said a police lieutenant-colonel. “No one was arrested because all those involved were men of God.”(REUTERS NEWS SERVICE, U.S.A, Dec 28, 2011) These so-called "men of God" showed their true character, just as the Jewish religious leaders displayed theirs and in which Jesus said to them: "I well know that you do not have the love of God in you."(John 5:42)
And when speaking with the Jews, who were in a covenant relationship with Jehovah God, but who exhibited hate, Jesus said sternly: "If God were your Father, you would love me, for from God I came forth and am here. Neither have I come of my own initiative at all, but One sent me forth....You are from your father, the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. That one was a manslayer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him.When he speaks the lie, he speaks according to his own disposition."(John 8:42, 44)
The same is true of the churches of Christendom, who have instilled, not a genuine love for God, whereby they have hidden his name Jehovah and supplanted it with "Lord" or "God" in their Bibles, but have sent off their young men to war, to "become sharers with the demons".(1 Cor 10:20) They have not taught their members to put on the "new personality" ("new man", KJV) that imitates Jesus.(Col 3:10)
I find it easier to witness to those that don't know the truth "not born of the Spirit" but are so put off by the enemies infiltration of the churches today they wouldn't consider seeking the truth in a denominational type church, much less set foot in one.
I find it amusing that many of the unsaved are not deceived into thinking the churches today hold the promise of the truth. The ones deceived in many cases are those that follow the one that looks like a lamb "He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon Rev 13:11
Don't misunderstand me there are fruitful ministries but IMO there not in the spotlight nor are they the majority