Of Christians and others
“What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
1 Corinthians 5:12,13.
The other day I heard a person claiming to be a Christian criticising what he called the “homosexual community”. He was saying those in the LGBT community were all going to Hell.
If there is one thing that gets me up set, it is when someone claiming to be a Christian attacks people in the LGBT community.
Christians have no right to criticise or attack anyone. The scripture I quoted above makes it clear we as Christians have no right to judge those outside the church and a true Christian will not.
I have found over the years that those who “claim to be Christians” and attack those outside their faith may in fact not be Christians. If they are they are by the slimmest of margins and are not interpreting the Bible correctly.
We as Christians are to follow the example and the teachings of Christ.
Jesus never once attacked anyone outside his faith. He a Jew criticized those Jewish leaders who were misinterpreting scripture. But as a Jew he had that right.
If we look at the life of Jesus he never criticized the Roman government. Nor did any of his disciples.
The Apostle Paul when visiting Athens with all the temples to various god’s never criticized them. Nor did Paul or any of the disciples criticize the life and lifestyle of those who were not of their faith.
It is wrong for a Christian to speak ill of those outside their faith.
Christians have one job to do. That is to reach people with the love of God. Jesus said,
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18-20.
Christians are not to attack or judge anyone. The message we are to take into the world is simple. It was expressed by Jesus and recorded by the apostle John.
Jesus said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”.
John 3:16-18.
This is a message we as Christians are to present to the world. It is up to those who hear that message to believe it or not.
To attack those of a different lifestyle, faith, or ethnicity is wrong and not in keeping with the teachings of Jesus and may have eternal consequences.
Please think about it.
“What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
1 Corinthians 5:12,13.
The other day I heard a person claiming to be a Christian criticising what he called the “homosexual community”. He was saying those in the LGBT community were all going to Hell.
If there is one thing that gets me up set, it is when someone claiming to be a Christian attacks people in the LGBT community.
Christians have no right to criticise or attack anyone. The scripture I quoted above makes it clear we as Christians have no right to judge those outside the church and a true Christian will not.
I have found over the years that those who “claim to be Christians” and attack those outside their faith may in fact not be Christians. If they are they are by the slimmest of margins and are not interpreting the Bible correctly.
We as Christians are to follow the example and the teachings of Christ.
Jesus never once attacked anyone outside his faith. He a Jew criticized those Jewish leaders who were misinterpreting scripture. But as a Jew he had that right.
If we look at the life of Jesus he never criticized the Roman government. Nor did any of his disciples.
The Apostle Paul when visiting Athens with all the temples to various god’s never criticized them. Nor did Paul or any of the disciples criticize the life and lifestyle of those who were not of their faith.
It is wrong for a Christian to speak ill of those outside their faith.
Christians have one job to do. That is to reach people with the love of God. Jesus said,
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18-20.
Christians are not to attack or judge anyone. The message we are to take into the world is simple. It was expressed by Jesus and recorded by the apostle John.
Jesus said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”.
John 3:16-18.
This is a message we as Christians are to present to the world. It is up to those who hear that message to believe it or not.
To attack those of a different lifestyle, faith, or ethnicity is wrong and not in keeping with the teachings of Jesus and may have eternal consequences.
Please think about it.
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