Posted on 01/05/2019 6:52:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind
This mess at our southern border is stirring up the Sunday-school wannabes again, and as a Christian and a conservative I am getting tired of being schooled by liberal Christians and nonbelievers about what my opinions should be, about what Jesus would do. This needs to stop; we Christians need to stand up for our Savior and put an end to the appropriation of our Scripture and misunderstandings of Christ’s commandments. In order to do this, we must first establish a couple of principles that are often ignored in this era of super-sloppy thinking.
In the first place, God quite clearly differentiates between individuals and national entities. When Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, implores his listeners to “turn the other cheek” He wasn’t speaking to the leaders of armies or to kings and emperors. (He, Himself, is often referred to as “The Lord of Hosts” –- i.e. the Commander of the Armies and His behavior predicted in Revelation doesn’t look very love-your-neighbor.). In the Sermon on the Mount, Christ is giving us excellent advice for handling personal disputes of a low-impact variety. He is not saying not to fight back if someone pulls a knife on us. He’s talking about being insulted, which is what was implied by a slap across the face. He’s telling us not to escalate acrimonious situations, not to be so full of ourselves that we let a little –- or a lot -- of humiliation back us into a worse mess.
He is not advocating a pacifist national stance. At one point when taxation came up, He said, “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s and unto God that which is God’s,” making a clear distinction between that which is national and that which is personal. So, let’s not muddy that water.
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Support of Trump’s early move to cut back on immigration from mostly Muslim countries drew the ire of people I love dearly — Are we not to open our arms to one and all? Are we not to love our neighbors as ourselves? (This from those who find conservatives reprehensible.) But are these not biblical mandates? Yes, but in a sense limited by context.
Therefore we cannot take the Golden Rule, which speaks of individual attitudes and behaviors, and apply it to national policy. How do we know it is for individuals only?
1. Jesus was speaking in this sermon to a crowd made up of Jews, Samaritans, and Roman soldiers -– a group of different nationalities. He wasn’t speaking to Pontius Pilate or to the Pharisees, the political leaders of the time.
2. Nations don’t “love.” They can make policies that are fair, but that is different. Jesus didn’t say, “Make nice laws.” Nor did he demand that a nation allow some people to disobey the laws of the land.
We can’t ignore the dangers of groups that scream, “Death to America!” We are not commanded to do so. From the Tower of Babel on, God has organized the world into separate nations. The prophecies of Revelation paint a terrifying picture of what a one-world, no-borders government would look like. The 20th century showed us a glimpse of that with both Stalin and Hitler.
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Anyone one who claims to be a Christian and supports abortion is a liar.
Well Said (In its entirety). Your analysis is complete.
The most accurate of Jesus's advice and teaching is aimed at how to deal with Rome.
Jesus was a Pharisee himself as this was the only party to have rabbis, by which Jesus is hailed many times throughout the gospels.
The Pharisees are the forerunners of modern Judaism and are not deserving of the terrible treatment they receive in the Gospels.
????The Gospels are the word of God and as such are perfect.
Hypocrisy is what Jesus called them out on. As the prophet Jonah said, "Those that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy." And as leaders, Pharisees, (as a group,) were leading the jewish people astray.
Your opinion, and welcome to it.
One thing about Christianity: The United States could NOT have been founded without it.
However, I would also recommend Hyam Maccoby’s “Revolution In Judea: Jesus and the Jewish Resistance”, which in my experience many Christians are afraid to read.
Jesus said (Matthew 23:3)
“Do and obey everything they tell you, but do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach”
(Paraphrase)
Do a news search on Google, and you will see at least two editorials a day condemning Christians who support Trump. The liberal church will become one of the worst persecutors of real Christians in a couple years.
Several good IT-type checkpoints, even if the foolishness of wrong interpretations was not involved. And they are. Great job of critiquing sensibly!
Jesus was NOT a Pharisee.
He was very critical of Pharisees and called them liars, hypocrites and other insults that essentially said they were evil.
The bible is not unfair to Pharisees. No one else other than Jesus attacks them in the bible.
Yep, kinda stuck on the bible being the word of God thing. Both the old and new testament. The old testament is full of warnings for the jewish people and their religious leaders. That’s why I threw in the quote from Jonah. The blindness of the Nation was also prophesied in the old testament. As is their re-establishment as a nation, being gathered from around the world. Since that has already happened, (in front of our eyes.) I assume that the prophecy that the nation will never leave the land again once it has been regathered is pretty much golden.
The baby killer party co-opts Christianity.
Jesus was NOT a fool - it would have been impossible to play the ‘guilt card’ on HIM....
The first thing to do when the leftist anti-Christians tell Christians what a “good Christian” should do is tell them to Shut Up about things they don’t understand. It’s not their place to tell us what we should or shouldn’t do as Christians. They don’t have that right; not even if they were a Christian themselves which they aren’t.
WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
“If you brother sins against you...treat them as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector”
Matthew 18:15-20
You’re welcome to your opinion. Though Jesus’ brother James was a Nazerine, eventually to be subsumed by Paul’s cosmic Christ.
God be with You.
This is what happens when decades of “Jesus is your lover” type of preaching occurs. This kind of preaching and music has weakened the church globally
Instead of fear of the Lord, we have love, love, love, no matter what.
Makes me sick, I can’t imagine how a perfect Holy God feels about it.
You cannot be Christian and demoncrap
Demoncraps are about
Lying. Murder. Adultery. Envy. Sloth. You name it
Let’s not forget eliminating marriage and definitions of man and woman
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