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To: trebb

We aren’t God, anyhow. We can’t command real people to do anything. So often we act as though we could. But it’s a vain exercise.

What we CAN do is seek for God and obey His heart desires. Bundy sounds, perhaps, a bit ignorant. But there could be gracious ways to help him wise up. It’s not about us in the end anyhow. It’s about God.


54 posted on 04/25/2014 4:04:01 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
We aren’t God, anyhow. We can’t command real people to do anything. So often we act as though we could. But it’s a vain exercise. What we CAN do is seek for God and obey His heart desires. Bundy sounds, perhaps, a bit ignorant. But there could be gracious ways to help him wise up. It’s not about us in the end anyhow. It’s about God.

You are correct - it is about God. Being a Christian sometimes puts me in conflict with some of the issues I want handled in certain ways because I am a selfish, self-serving Human at the core of who I am - we all suffer similar traits despite the "goodness of our hearts". I believe the borders should be locked down and the illegals deported.

The Bible says things like: “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

or

You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the sojourners who reside among you and have had children among you. They shall be to you as native-born children of Israel. With you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

My personal sense of right and wrong puts me in conflict with my faith. My personal sense is also based on what is best form me in a financial and Freedom oriented set of memes.

I don't think Bundy needs to be wised up - he has opinions based on experiences and is able to communicate them well. We may not fully agree with them, but they speak to a Truth that is part of who he is.

55 posted on 04/25/2014 4:52:55 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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