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To: nicmarlo

“God will honor your purity...”

That’s all that really matters in this life.


57 posted on 09/13/2012 9:45:30 PM PDT by Marcella (Conservatism is dead. PREPARE)
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To: Marcella
Not exactly. Christ told a parable about talents and how and whether they were used wisely or foolishly. He gave us a brain with which to think and reason, the ability to invent, such as for medicines for healing, and free will upon which to act. Some people believing they are 'more pure and faithful' for refusing for themselves and children medicine, such as antibiotics or blood transfusions, go through needless suffering and/or death. That was their choice, but in many cases, an unwise and foolish choice with its resulting consequences. People can be sincere but sincerely wrong in their choices, which makes those choices unwise and short-sighted of what God's will might have actually been.

I do not believe that God would approve of His people knowingly making omission or commissions of actions which increase the likelihood of evil results.

Matthew 25:14-30

"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.'

"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'

"The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.'

"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'

"Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'

"His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

"'Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'”


67 posted on 09/13/2012 10:05:37 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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