posted on May, 10 2008 @ 10:03 PM
For some reason, I hear pastors preaching a message of hate
to the congregations, a message that says to live for yourself
and to give all your money to the pastors. A message that say's
we should kill all the Arabs and that the president is infallable
(I guess he's the pope now lol) and that you hate this country if
you don't agree with whatever he says and with the mass murder of
millions.
(This is not meant to be political, but politics does come into play a little)
The message many pastors are preaching these days is 180 degrees
opposite of what Yeshua (that's Jesus for those of you who don't
know) taught us.
Many of these pastors tell us that "We are the nation of Israel
and that we should kill the Arabs because that's what the Israelites
were told to do." "We should support the war cause it's what God
has commaned us to do." and then they give out a bunch of lies and
misinterpretations of scriptures that only applied specifically to
the nation of Israel. Alas, we are being lied to folks, there is a
greater agenda at work behind the scenes, but that is for another blog.
I've tried to explain the simple truth about what Yeshua has taught, to my peers:
Me: "Yeshua said that we should love others as we love ourselves,
that we should turn the other cheek, that we should return hate with love"
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Matt 5:9
"9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children
of God."
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Matt 5:21-24
"21Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not
kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without
a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to
his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall
say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
23Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest
that thy brother hath ought against thee;
24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be
reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift."
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Matt 5:38-42
"38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth:
39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall
smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let
him have thy cloak also.
41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee
turn not thou away."
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Romans 12:19-21
"19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto
wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the
Lord.
20Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him
drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."
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1 Peter 3:8-11
"8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another,
love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise
blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit
a blessing.
10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his
tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it."
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My Peers: "But God is the same yesterday, today and forever. Also Jesus
didn't do away with the Law, but fulfilled it which means we don't have
to make animal sacrifises for our sins, so the war is justifiable, it's
a nessisary evil of man."
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Eh, no, not really, actually, not at all, this is completely wrong and
an excuse to hate others in all actuallity.
The verse in question:
Hebrews 13:8
"8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever."
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This verse is not implying that Adonai Eloah's (Father God) rules such
as the Old Law are always going to be in place, or that God somehow
never does anything different. This verse is saying that Yeshua's
teachings never change, that what He teches does not bend or conform to
whatever we want it to be.
Here's the verse in context:
"8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a
good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats,
which have not profited them that have been occupied therein."
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And concerning the Old Law, we are not under it, we have a New Law,
A New Covanent. The Old Law was for salvation until Yeshua came and
gave us salvation through Him, the Old Law is now transformed to a
better one, one that says to love those who hate you, bless those who
curse you.:
Hebrews 8:6
"6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also
he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon
better promises."
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Hebrews 10:1
"1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very
image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered
year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect."
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My Peers: "God told the children of Israel to wipe out intire civilizations,
God's way are not our ways and so if we are in war killing is just fine
with God, especially if it's them Arabs that the Israelites fought
agianst, we should just turn the whole place into a sheet of glass,
turn it into a lake and wipe them out once and for all."
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Once agian, this is nothing more than an excuse to try and fulfill the
evil, sinful desires of a fleshly heart (I too am guilty of this).
Hmm... Where should I begin? I know, I'll start at the beginning.
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[edit on 10-5-2008 by jimmyjackblack]