Clete said:
No one has denied this.
He commanded us to judge with righteous judgment and to practice justice. When He said that He hadn't come into the world to judge it, He was specifically talking about His specific purpose for having become a man and coming to the Earth in physical form. He was not rescinding His position as the righteous judge of all the Earth, nor was He rescinding the criminal justice system, which was designed to bring people to Christ in the first place.
Watch Clete pull a rabbit out of his hat. No where in that verse does it say that He came
not to judge the world because
He was a man. Infact, this is exactly what that verse says... John12:46-48 ~ I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not:
for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the
last day. See anywhere in that verse where it says because He was a man??? Quit interjecting something that isn't there Clete.
God has given the government the authority to kill criminals. Ananias and Sapphira were not killed by God because they were criminals. Had that been the reason why they were killed it would have been left to the government to do it.
Maybe, but I doubt it. I think that they would have dealt with it through the church. 1st Cor 6:1-3 ~ Dare any of you, having a matter against another,
go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge The World? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
No one has denied this either. You keep acting as though we want people to go to Hell, we do not. If the law is just, fewer people will be on the hot seat come judgment day than there would be otherwise. What you refuse to see is that you are not more merciful than God is.
You don't care if homo's go to hell or not. You have a hate agenda, and execution is uppermost on your mind...not them finding Christ. You use this excuse that fewer people will be on the hot seat come judgment day than otherwise, when it is not in your power to judge the homo's, that is God's judgment alone. You aren't helping God whatsoever. If you were, you wouldn't be taking part with these others in their hatred. You would figure out somehow to be "compelling them to come in" instead of "taking them out" :Grizzly: I'm not sure how God see's your heart Clete, but if He is seeing what I am seeing, I see
ureX:
This comment here is basically a lie. You need to repent.
I have repeatedly stated that no one should ever be executed except by due process of law.
I feel no need to repent, and God would certainly tell me that I needed to, He hasn't failed me yet in that arena!!I There is no law executing homo's..nor will there ever be.
This country does not have a death penalty that even remotely resembles that which is described in God's word. It is unjust, it is ineffective, and there is some good evidence that it is counter productive. It's no surprise to me that you support this countries pathetic and cruel version of a death penalty
I'll agree to a certain extent on this. Death row is full of murderers who have received the death penalty, and are still sitting there. The only state that I see following through the most is Texas....where my people come from :thumb: I support the death penalty. At least these murderers are sitting behind bars. They could be roaming the streets looking for their next victims. Having them locked up is better then nothing at all!! As far as the OT laws, NO, those laws were fulfilled through Christ. Now it is called Mercy and grace, for all of those lost to repent. It's a "Grace period" if you will.
Mrs. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle. Yes! She's black too!
No, actually I am white :crackup:
Hypocrite!
You ignore God, you ignore God's word, you ignore justice and think that you are not only more merciful than God but that you are justified in thinking that! You are a fool and doing so much more harm than you can know, both to the society in which you live (i.e. your neighbor) and to your own soul. You disgust me! You are an enemy of the gospel, an enemy of Christ, an enemy of the Kingdom of God and an enemy of me!
Personally, I don't care if I disgust you or I am your enemy or not. If you knew me in person, you would know that to be true. I don't bow to Satan or his children.
That's because you wouldn't know Christ if He knocked you in the head with a Bible![
It's quite evident that is where you have only had the bible...(head knowledge) It needs to drop about 18 - 20 inches...depending how long your "stiff" neck is, down to your heart where God wants it.
Not from this dispensation there won't be. Have you even read the Bible? You understanding of the Bible is pathetic! Jesus will not say this to anyone that lived during the dispensation of grace. If you believe you are saved. If you do not believe you are not saved. It's a cut and dried as that. Jesus will be saying this to those who will be of the yet future Kingdom of Israel who did all sorts of things but had no faith, no relationship with God. It has no application for today other than to teach us what sort of person God is and what we can expect Him to do in the situation presented, which is why it is important to keep the context of such passages in mind, which you obviously didn't do.
WRONGO BUCKO. This is not future Israel!!! What a bible illiterate dufus..and I am being as kind as I can be here. I won't post what I am really thinking. I'll repent for my thoughts in a minute :chuckle: Matt 7:21 -23 ~ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
The church is going to do these greater works (wonderful works) eventually. Since I require foundation verses, show me where future Israel will be doing these things? The church are the only ones who cast out devils, prophesy, and do wonderful works...some even now. Who are "future Israel" going to be doing these wonderful works on :rotfl: ?????
On the contrary! This is yet another lie. How many times does a person have to correct you before you must take responsibility for repeating what you know is not true!
It's God's truth, so I go with what He says. Take it up with Him...if you dare?
I've said it what seems like a hundred time now, you are not more merciful than God! There would be far fewer people die in this life and far fewer people go to Hell in the next if we executed homos and adulterers and the like as God has explicitly instructed us to do in His word.
Get over to the NT when Jesus came to save the lost.
Instead, you ignore the point and pretend like it hasn't been repeated a thousand times and that really all we want is to see is the death of homos.
I know you do, you murderous Beelzebub. God will give you your hearts desire on the last day. In fact, you better hope that you aren't first so you won't miss it.
In who :think:????