Well, A2F, I guess I alone was worthy of your disdain, since you didn’t reply to Catsrus, who made the statement, “Shame on some of you!”.
To which I replied, “Well said”.
Is it because I used the word ‘Pharisee’ for a comparison to, as Catsrus put it, ‘some of you’?
**It has always puzzled me how the “holier than thou” crowd can claim the right to elevate corrupt, degenerate, thieving people to Heaven**
I said nothing to elevate sin or sinners. It is proper, for those professing Christianity, to humbly point out sin, and move on, remembering our own past.
Are you saying that those people were sinners to a greater extent than you ever were? Have you posted your past (in great detail) for all to see? We are to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. Maybe it’s just me, but I fail to see anything close to humbleness with the poster of this thread (and many others threads he has posted as well).
WWJD....really? Would He post a story like this, KNOWING it would generate MORE pharisee-style condemnation of the souls involved? Would Jesus spend a considerable amount of time (and many similar posts), pointing out the sins of just the more notable ‘blind leaders of the blind’?
Who did Jesus Christ rebuke the most harshly.....the Pharisees; the ones who (outwardly), were nearly blameless (inwardly they were full of dead mens bones).
The Lord said that it was what came out of a man that defiled him. Posted topics like these, with some added judgements of the sinners, remind me about story of the prayers of Pharisee and the sinner.
**Why don’t you reserve your “shame” and, oh yes, “judgement” for people like them.**
‘Like them’? Because the Lord tells us to be no respecter of persons. Pride is a sin, just like greed, deceit, etc.
Thank you for expressing your feelings.
Well said, and to your post I’ll add an AMEN!
I suggest you haven't read too many of my posts then.
The irony here is your statement puts you in the same boat you accuse me of being in.
Grace and Peace.