stereotypes are best left to the dissection of the English essay. what's the actual text?
"My kingdom is not of this world." jn 18:35, also:
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth...for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." mt 5:19,21
selfrighteous christians? people who think they are holier-than-thou? look:
"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." mk 2:16-17
"For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven." mt 5:20
(no selfrighteous man, christian or not, that thinks he's "better" than you, is going to heaven - jesus said so.)
Jesus is simply the embodiment of love? please refer:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them." mt 5:17, also:
"If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." mt 5:46-48
these are all quotes of jesus.
jesus was a good man and a great teacher. but i can live my own way. please refer:
"the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God." rn 8:7-8, also:
"'Everything is permissible for me' — but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me" — but I will not be mastered by anything. "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food" — but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body." 1co 6:12-13
penned by paul, who points to jesus.
extra thoughts:
for the person who is interested in killing in the OT:
"(1)These are the laws you are to set before them ... (17)Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death." ex 21:1, 17
inconsistent? maybe we just don't know the whole story. i don't think i'm as intelligent as God, anyone wanna volunteer themselves?
to God: "But you remain the same, and your years will never end." heb 1:12b
"He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he." dt 32:3-4
some interesting reading. if you would like to argue, please argue with God - they're not my words. arguing with God will be more useful i think than arguing with an online person in an online forum.
NB: humans aren't perfect, but if there's a God, he's gotta be perfect, or he doesn't deserve to be called God. night.
GMSInfighter Wrote:The bible is like a children's book.. it gives a child (human) hopes and dreams of someday doing something to help somebody else, or maybe even the world.is that so?
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"My kingdom is not of this world." jn 18:35, also:
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth...for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." mt 5:19,21
selfrighteous christians? people who think they are holier-than-thou? look:
"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." mk 2:16-17
"For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven." mt 5:20
(no selfrighteous man, christian or not, that thinks he's "better" than you, is going to heaven - jesus said so.)
Jesus is simply the embodiment of love? please refer:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them." mt 5:17, also:
"If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." mt 5:46-48
these are all quotes of jesus.
jesus was a good man and a great teacher. but i can live my own way. please refer:
"the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God." rn 8:7-8, also:
"'Everything is permissible for me' — but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me" — but I will not be mastered by anything. "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food" — but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body." 1co 6:12-13
penned by paul, who points to jesus.
extra thoughts:
for the person who is interested in killing in the OT:
"(1)These are the laws you are to set before them ... (17)Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death." ex 21:1, 17
inconsistent? maybe we just don't know the whole story. i don't think i'm as intelligent as God, anyone wanna volunteer themselves?
to God: "But you remain the same, and your years will never end." heb 1:12b
"He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he." dt 32:3-4
some interesting reading. if you would like to argue, please argue with God - they're not my words. arguing with God will be more useful i think than arguing with an online person in an online forum.
NB: humans aren't perfect, but if there's a God, he's gotta be perfect, or he doesn't deserve to be called God. night.