Romney can worship a Golden Calf for all I care, I don’t want him as President.
Quoting Oprah are we?
Quoting Oprah are we?
“It is a sin to weaken
another man’s faith”
Even if that faith is in error ? Not a very Biblical stand.
I'm not sure what your point is. Is evangelism now verboten?
I assume it's wrong for a person of a given faith to weaken another of the same faith. But really, are you claiming it's wrong for a Christian to weaken the faith of a Muslim or vice versa? Or for a Presbyterian to try to bring a Methodist to the Calvinist persuasion?
Or this a more Oriental position, possibly Buddhist?
“It is a sin to weaken
another man’s faith.”
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Think about that.
If a person has been deceived by a destructive falsehood, isn’t it an act of love to try to undermine that destructive faith by offering the truth?
The Old Testament Biblical prophets, the New Testament writers and Christ Himself continually sought to undermine faith in falsehoods and strengthen faith in Truth.
The Truth:
The Biblical Scriptures teach that one must trust in Jesus Christ alone for eternal salvation. He is eternal God who became incarnate (without ceasing to be God, He took on Himself true humanity) in order to die on the cross in payment for our sins. (He’s not just a man who attained godhood like we all can supposedly attain godhood. If that’s the “Jesus” one believes in, then one is believing in a false Jesus, not the true Jesus of the Bible.)
As He hung on the cross, our sins were judicially imputed or ascribed to Him. Our sins were poured out on Him and judged by God the Father. Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sins.
One must accept Jesus Christ’s finished work on the cross (His substitutionary atonement in payment for our sins) as the only way of salvation.
It’s worthless to rely instead on our own works (or a mix of faith and works) to save us.
John 6:28-29
Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He (God the Father) has made Him (Jesus Christ) to be sin for us (He was judged for our sins, He died as a substitute for us), who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
John 3:16-18
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He who believes on him is not condemned: but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 6:47
(Jesus Christ said) He who believes in me has everlasting life.
John 10:9
I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.
John 10:28-30
I give them eternal life and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.
John 14:6
I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Acts 4:12
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Acts 16:31
Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved...
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you are saved through faith and this is not from you, it is the gift of God. It is not from works, so no one may boast.
1 John 5:11-12
God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Acts 10:43
Every one who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.
Romans 4:7-8
Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.
John 11:25-26
(Jesus Christ said) I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?
More good Biblical info available here:
http://www.deanbible.org
Got a verse to prove that or are you just going to keep repeating it with no proof. We can prove that Mormons are not Christians and will spend eternity in Hell unless they repent, but your stance is decidedly unScriptural. Frankly, it's Universalism.
It is a sin to weaken
another man’s faith
Scripture reference please?????
Christian Scripture. Not the cultic stuff.
So Jesus "sinned" when he weakened the Pharisees' "faith" in legalism? Really? Is that what you're generically accusing Him of?
Or Christian missionaries addressing misplaced faith in animist spirits; in superstitions; in shamans; in witchdoctors; in voodoo priests...is a "sin?"
Tell us, Laotzu, how long have you have this hatred or expressed opposition to Christian missionaries?
Oh?
I have faith the little leprecuans will lead me to the pot of gold.
Yeah, Right.
The people in Jonestown had a pretty strong faith. I suppose it would have been a sin to try to weaken their faith a little, eh?
The 9/11 Al Queda Terrorists had faith.
Sometimes I'm shocked by some of the idiocy I read on this forum.