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To: Search4Truth
It must be awful to be hateful and angry towards your fellow man...even towards your brothers and sisters in Christ.

Christ came because of Love, we have salvation because of His Grace. Love and Grace seem to be in short supply in your theology.

With the following scripture in mind, I hope you never, ever miss the mark:

Matthew 7:1-2
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

124 posted on 02/02/2006 7:53:22 PM PST by I'm ALL Right!
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To: I'm ALL Right!

Still pontificating the gospel of I'm ALL Right!?

If we take a verse or a part of a verse out of context, we can make the Word of God appear to teach the very opposite of what it really does teach. Which is what you are repeatedly trying to do.

The Bible says:

"Judge not, that you may not be judged. For with whatever judgment you judge, you shall be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, it shall be measured to you again. And why do you look on the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye? Or how will you say to your brother, Let me pull the splinter out of your eye; and, behold, a beam is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First cast the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to cast the splinter out of your brother's eye (Matthew 7:1-5).

Notice that it is addressed to a hypocrite, not to those who sincerely want to discern whether a teacher or teaching is true or false to God's Word. And instead of being a prohibition against honest judgment, it is a solemn warning against hypocritical judgment. In fact, the last statement of this Scripture commands sincere judgment "then you shall see clearly to cast the splinter out of your brother's eye."


127 posted on 02/02/2006 8:55:59 PM PST by Search4Truth (Bible class is dismissed.)
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