Fren, I see your point - I truly do. I think of the less famous John 3 passage (we all know 3:16 by heart) but John 3:19-21 explains my position. Not to simply thump the Bible, but I find that passage Extremely enlightening. In summation : those who perpetrate evil hate the light and do not come into the light lest they be exposed, but he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be Clearly Seen and that those deeds were done before the Lord. God bless and GodsPede
I appreciate that, but I feel like that did not answer my question, unless you'd say it would be wrong for the Jan 6ers to have worn masks with that Scripture as your justification. In which case I'd appreciate you doing so directly so we may have a discussion.
Also I believe "Light" in those passages is in reference to Jesus coming into the world and darkness represents people who choose to continue living a life of sin even though the Light has come to mankind, particularly given the context around that curation. There are also Scripture passages about doing charitable acts in secret, so it is not imperative that we must make ourselves known while doing good deeds. But I'm more interested in a direct answer to my question than debating Scripture at the moment.
If you do think it would be wrong and use that Scripture as justification, I would further ask why you don't use your real name as your username on this forum.
Fren, I see your point - I truly do. I think of the less famous John 3 passage (we all know 3:16 by heart) but John 3:19-21 explains my position. Not to simply thump the Bible, but I find that passage Extremely enlightening. In summation : those who perpetrate evil hate the light and do not come into the light lest they be exposed, but he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be Clearly Seen and that those deeds were done before the Lord. God bless and GodsPede
I appreciate that, but I feel like that did not answer my question, unless you'd say it would be wrong for the Jan 6ers to have worn masks with that Scripture as your justification. In which case I'd appreciate you doing so directly so we may have a discussion.
Also I believe "Light" in those passages is in reference to Jesus coming into the world and darkness represents people who choose to continue living a life of sin even though the Light has come to mankind, particularly given the context around that curation. There are also Scripture passages about doing charitable acts in secret, so it is not imperative that we must make ourselves known while doing good deeds. But I'm more interested in a direct answer to my question than debating Scripture at the moment.
If you do think it would be wrong and use that Scripture as justification, I would further ask why you don't use your real name as your username on this forum.