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To: Resolute Conservative
Just as bad seeing people come to His house carrying coffee cups, wearing shorts, t-shorts with skulls or NoTW gothic crap, flip flops, tatted up, tight dresses, and wearing a ball cap in the sanctuary.

Somehow I think God might have a different take on it than you do.

(James 2:1-7)
My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Have a seat here, please,” while to the one who is poor you say, “Stand there,” or, “Sit at my feet,” have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you?
If these are bad, wretched people it behooves us to remember that prostitutes and tax-collectors were far more receptive to Jesus than the religious elite.
26 posted on 01/28/2015 1:28:43 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

If you come seeking Him then okay, come as you are (like the song says), but the people I am referring to are there for the social activities and their behavior demonstrates it.


27 posted on 01/28/2015 1:32:14 PM PST by Resolute Conservative
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