davidnelson said:
I agree with OzSpen,
What is Love?
Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
The bible says to correct, rebuke and be bold to sinners.
Thanks, David.
However, we must remember to share Christ with unbelievers in love. Truth in love are a dynamic combination. Ephesians 4:14-16 (NLT) makes this clear in a Christian context:
Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. 15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. 16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
The theme of this thread regards where Muhammad Ali is after death. This applies to all Muslims and non-Muslims who have not bowed the knee to the Lord God Almighty through Jesus Christ. It is not only to Muhammad Ali. What's the biblical reality for all such people? John 3:36 (ESV) makes their eternal destiny very clear: 'Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him'.
Therefore, the Bible says that for Muhammad Ali at death, 'the wrath of God remains on him'. He is now experiencing the wrath of God. That may sound harsh, but it's speaking the truth in love. All human beings will not suffer the judgment of Muhammad, the founder of Islam. All humanity will face the Lord God himself, the one who divided history 2016 years ago through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ his Son, providing salvation for those who submit to Him.
Contrary to Ali's and the Quran's belief, this God did have a Son who died to appease the wrath of God for those who believe. It's called propitiation. 1 John 2:2 (ESV) explains, 'He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world'.
Oz