Posted by Lou Pilder on May 21, 2002, at 11:17:53
In reply to Re: Lou's answer to Krazy Kat (more) » Lou Pilder, posted by Ron Hill on May 21, 2002, at 10:52:21
Ron ,
You quoted , "If you deny me before men, I will deny you before my Father." Many times people have asked me if I "believe in Jesus". My answer is always, "Which one?" The Jesus of the Spainish Inquesition? The Jesus of Nazi Germany? The Jesus of the slave owners in colonial America? The Jesus that says that all Jews are going to Hell because they are Jewish and have not believed on Him? The Jesus that legislated segregation in this country? The jesus that men are killing others in Ireland about? The Jesus that the churches say that if you don't join my church you are from the devil? The jesus that says that he came invisibly in 1914? The jesus that says that there are special books that there denomination only has? The jesus that says that the US and Britian are the lost tribes of Isreal and thearfor they are the true jews that all of the promises go to? The jesus that says that only white people are "saved" because Noah was white? The jesus that says that all catholics are from the devil because they have a pope? The jesus that says that all protostants are from the devil because they do not have a pope?
When He said that sentance that you quoted, He meant that the people who live their lives in denial of God, that just because they belonged to a church ,or what, that their membership was not enough for entrance into the Kingdom of God. They could still deny God's existance by living a life of darkness which is the denial. The denial is the life of the person if it is in darkness, and the affirmation of Him is a life of light. A life that shines in the darkness. For He said, "You are the light of the world".
Lou
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