Then I guess they will just have to go to Hell. But at least they know they are going there. There are plenty of pew sitters going to Hell because they have never truly known their need for a Savior. Their pastor didn't want to risk making them uneasy.
Appy, straining at gnats and swallowing camels on this issue is nonsense.
It's not an EITHER OR thing.
HOLY SPIRIT IS WELL ABLE TO MAKE ALL OF US MOST EXCRUCIATINGLY UNCOMFORTABLE AT HIS WILL OVER ANY SPIRITUAL ISSUE, PRINCIPLE, BEHAVIOR, THOUGHT, WORD, DEED.
GETTING FOLKS CONNECTED ENOUGH TO GOD BY HIS SPIRIT THAT THEY
CAN
AND
WILL
listen . . .
REALLY LISTEN . . .
is much more of a love process than it is a beat-about-the-head-and-shoulders-with-big-Bible-and-large-cross process.
Sounds like y'all are exhorting that we have to rush out and take all the abused foster kids and rush them off to this church camp where we strip them down and flog them for good measure first off.
Then we feed them some cold gruel and bread and maybe a bit of grapefruit juice and run them around the track until they drop.
Then we have them clean out the latrines.
Then we have them hoe the blackberries.
Then we have the slop the hogs.
Then we give them a 3 hour lecture about how all our activities so far have been great acts of love in their best interests.
And then we wonder why the spit at us and curse us.
Appy, it's not that difficult.