Posted on 01/17/2015 8:59:40 PM PST by John Leland 1789
American Blacks needed a hero. It turned out to be MLK. He was imperfect but who isn’t? On the face of it I look like the perfect wife, mom, grandmother, etc. But if you look deep enough you will find my flaws.
All Christians are flawed (sinful!), ergo the need for a Savior. Based on his apparent beliefs, King was a flawed non-Christian.
Nope. You're wrong. He looks like a Christian to me. And I'm an expert. I suppose you're now gonna tell me the Pope isn't a Christian!!
He can’t deny essentials of the Christian faith and be a Christian. He believed in another Jesus.
And you are a papist you don’t want my opinion on the papacy. Let’s just agree to disagree.
Who cares, what you could possibly determine about any possible subject? A Pope is exactly, a lie to humanity. Always has been...
He definitely wasn’t a Christian!
Hate to say it but the majority of the liberal clergy especially those the Episcopal Church are agnostic or atheistic, don’t believe in the divinity or resurrection of Christ, and use their positions to promote neo pagan decadence such as abortion, the homosexual agenda and earth worshipping enviormentaism.
So what is being said here - that for all he did, MLK is in hell, because even though he did so much for so many people, and showed so much courage in the face of evil that he was killed for it, he wasn’t perfect and didn’t fit the generally accepted definition of Christian, and so even though he invoked Christ in his mission to give heart to people and fight evil - he’s now in hell forever, suffering like the most vile criminal?
What utter, complete rot. I reject such a conclusion with contempt. Jesus isn’t an accountant, and if MLK didn’t do enough, then no one can. He faced the murderous equivalent of nazistic hate and responded with teaching millions a response of love and nonviolence and human dignity and calling on God. There’s not one in a hundred who could do what he did.
And lumping him in with LBJ is obscene.
I don’t care how the Left had abused his legacy and name for their own purposes - it doesn’t change what he did and taught. And if what he did and taught wasn’t Christian, then Christianity is useless.
Hey, at least he wasn’t a Muslim!
“Or, about preachers whether it be Billy Graham...”
It be?
This guys a bit full of himself.
Not sure what that has to do with MLK Jr., who was a Baptist.
Judge not, lest ye be judged.
This jackass has no business deciding whether or not MLK was a Christian. He professed it, and preached it. This article is basically garbage. Wonder how this guys life would look if someone gave it that same rectal exam?
Think it through and you will figure it out.
“virgin birth” Yeah, impossible (not improbable) is the correct word.
You don’t have to be an ignorant bonehead to be a good Christian.
Parthenogenesis (where an offspring develops from an unfertilized egg) occurs in certain species, but not in mammals. Period.
Taking the position that Mary somehow managed this trick is equivalent to saying the Sun revolves around the Earth.
Maybe an Angel shot her with a fertilisation Ray gun?
In point of fact, the Church did take this position—that the universe revolved around the Earth—until people started laughing out loud at them during church services and they couldn’t be hustled outside and burned fast enough.
You don’t understand the gospel, FRiend. If all a man has to offer the thrice holy God are his so-called good deeds, he’s hellbound for sure.
The Bible clearly teaches no man is justified (made right or just in the sight of God) through their deeds, but through faith (Romans 3:28). Sadly, most never understand this simple truth.
Men naturally think heaven is something they can attain by being or doing good. It’s our default position, which is why manmade religions are always works oriented. The lone exception is Christianity. The Bible says that salvation is by grace through faith in Christ alone. (Ephesians 2:8-9) When we say salvation is by grace, we mean it is a free gift based on the character of the giver, not the recipient.
Once you get a handle on the sinfulness of men and the utter holiness of God you will understand that we have no good deeds to offer. Isaiah said even our righteous acts, our very best deeds, are like filthy rags in the sight of God. See even our best is tainted by sin and the wages of sin is death. Either a man will stand in judgment based on his own righteousness (the sum of his lifetime of works) or he will stand clothed in the spotless robes of Christ’s righteousness. God’s standard for heaven is absolute perfection. Man’s one and only hope is Christ, the spotless lamb who gave Himself to pay the price for sinners.
Many people don’t quite have a full or sophisticated understanding, but they are nevertheless saved by the grace of God. You might say their hearts are better than their heads. But in the case of MLK and so many modern liberals, they understand what the Scriptures actually teach and they decide they know better. They are hostile to what the Bible says and they willingly reject it.
I hope you will listen to these two sermons linked below. One explains the gospel, the other is about understanding the false gospel.
The Gospel Discerned and Defined
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=81901181950
Unmasking the False Gospel
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1010665821
“This article is basically garbage.”
Pompous as well.
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