I must ask, are we heading to Islam? Pretty shocking to me. The passivity amongst Christians is beyond shocking.
So,,many people are around me, they say as a Christian I should just pray.
So many people say the Muslims are good people.
As a Christian man, I was highly disappointed. The vibe was just be decapitaded.
I just don’t understand. Please help me understand.
How are you going to explain a Bible verse to me that I just explained in my comment? Did you even read my comment? No.
Whether it's a literal sword, or a figurative sword, what about that quote is uniting? He is literally telling people: "People are going to hate Me, and hate you because of Me. Because I am only taking those deemed worthy to Heaven, and the rest are going to burn eternally. I will tell them they are doing X thing wrong, and rather than admit it they will hate me, and even kill me". There is nothing comforting about that statement, the comfort is His presence and His reason for coming down.
Have you read the Old Testament? What does God do to those who openly worship false gods? How many nations were used as an invocation of God's wrath? Suddenly Jesus arrives and the God of Love, Mercy and Justice is suddenly only the God of Love and Mercy?
"But how do we lead them out? By mimicking the Pharisees?" Well the first step is telling them they're wrong. Which you are too afraid to do. You won't even speak out against them, behaving like a wolf amongst sheep.
"But shouting that at a Muslim doesn't save them, it hardens him." And how many Muslims are here, that I am shouting at them?
"Christ wouldn't stand at a mosque and scream "you're going to hell!"" Is that what I am doing? I would urge you to read again. And keep in mind who the audience is. I am not attacking the people, I am attacking the doctrine. Just as I'm sure there were good Nazis, there are surely good Muslims. It does not change that Islam is barbaric, and its text expressly tells Muslims to humble you. You specifically, as a Christian, or as they call it, a 'Polytheist'.
"I'm not a "boomer", nor a Brit bending over," Then stop acting like one, and start making those neurons fire, that's what God gave you them for. If you want to go over to Europe and tell them they need to love the Muslims and that will fix everything, be my guest.
"The good Muslims I mentioned are people created in God's image, deceived by a false system. Some who have never had the Gospel presented in love. I refuse to be the reason a soul goes to hell because I was too proud to show patience." All people are created in God's image. And yet they sin. Maybe they would hear the gospel more often if they'd stop killing Christians? Food for thought. I can promise you, that you are not the reason anyone else goes to hell. That is you overstating your importance on your part. We are all destined for Hell. And without the Holy Spirit, we will ALWAYS burn eternally. If you want to show patience, then why did you make the post? You are clearly having doubts, and yet you want to play pacifist? Makes no sense.
"So yes, I'll continue to pray, teach, preach, show mercy, and if that makes me a fool in your eyes, I'll gladly be a fool for Christ." Except it isn't for Christ. It's using Christ as a shield from responsibility. Something tells me He would not appreciate that. Innocents suffer at the hands of Islam, and you want to look away. Most people like you would not have bombed Iran, because of this very sentiment. You will appease long before you ever stand your ground. As if anything about Christ was inoffensive to the people he preached to. You mention the Pharisees, did Jesus not confront them?
"I suggest you take the time to awaken to the truth of the gospel: Christ has already won over death, so we have nothing to fear living out the light of Christ, which nothing can stand up to. When you're on the winning side, you can live by joy, even in the valley of the shadow of death, and it's glorious!" Then why even have an account here? The plan succeeded, the battle is won, nothing to worry about anymore!
Nothing here really touches what I said, it's all just sewing-circle Christianity that your ancestors would perceive as spineless and weak. I am not calling for more crusades. But if words are a step too far, then this battle is not for you.
Christ rebuked Pharisees with fire, but He wept over Jerusalem. You can condemn Islam without condemning every Muslim to your contempt.
I called Muhammad a false prophet; you called me spineless. Which of us is more like the One who said 'Father, forgive them' while being murdered?
If you have a better evangelistic method than love, patience, and truth spoken at the right time, produce it.
If all you have is righteous anger without a strategy to actually save souls, then you are a clanging cymbal, and Paul had harsh words for those.
I have not condemned one Muslim. But if telling a sinner they are a sinner is too harsh, I'm not sure what else to do then just lay back and 'let God handle it'.
God can lift a drink of water to your mouth, no? Then why doesn't he do it right now, since you thirst? Is that an example of his inability? Or his unwillingness? Or maybe he wants you to get off your ass and drink for yourself because he gave you the means to do so, and if he has to lift his hand every time you want something, he is less of a God and more of a servant to man.
"He's a false prophet but just dance and joy and love and everything will be better!" Yeah, that's what I was calling spineless. You admit he's a false prophet, but don't want to criticize those who follow him. You believe harsh words will harden them, as they behead another Christian family. Oh, the moderates you mean? The ones who cower in fear and say nothing as said Christians are beheaded, or as they kill their own daughters? You'll forgive me if I don't give them the benefit of the doubt.
Again, pay attention to what I'm saying and who I am saying it to. Is there even one Muslim here? Am I evangelizing? No. I am spreading awareness amongst Christians and those with Christian ethics. There is a difference. Islam thrives because of falsehood, and it is not just contained to Islam. Many Christians think 'turn the other cheek' is a way to live, and not Jesus telling the Jews to stop being so vengeful over every little thing, because they had taken the law way too far.
I follow Jesus, not Paul. Paul was the homie, but he also never lived in the world I do. He was just a man, like me, and would struggle just as I have. I do not have righteous anger (except maybe towards your inability to understand my point, and your willingness to run away from it without objectively confronting it). But I will always prefer righteous anger to indifferent pacifism, or this 'holy apathy/Christian defeatism'. Go and try to evangelize in a Muslim country, you will then be presented with a choice: Pay the 'Jizyah' (a tax, meant to substitute for your blood), be imprisoned or die. Oh well, you'd pay the tax for sure. Except now you can only preach in Church, no proselytizing on the streets. Islam is Satan's baby, and you want to handle it with kid gloves.
Save as many souls as you want. You have not addressed one point I've said. You've done nothing but tell me I'm not a real Christian. That's a very poor argument. Christianity is not a religion of sunshine, happiness and kumbaya. It is a religion of sacrifice, persecution, and mourning.
You keep saying you're not condemning Muslims, yet you mock any Christian who dares to show them mercy.
You claim to follow Jesus, not Paul, but Jesus dined with sinners and saved the woman caught in adultery. He reserved His harshest words for the self-righteous, the ones who thought they had God all figured out.
You say you're not evangelizing, just 'spreading awareness' but your harshness has no redemptive purpose at all, and it's just noise.
No. I mock Christians who show Islam mercy. That is the distinction. If a Muslim recognizes Islam is evil, he may fear for his life, as the penalty for apostasy is death. But he would not disagree with what I say. He would understand my words as truth and would not think less of Jesus Christ because I said them.
I am just a sinner in the eyes of God, destined for Hell. And it is only by His grace that I will be saved. If I am sent to Hell, I will be a weeper, not a gnasher of teeth, for I will know it is just. That being said, did Jesus eat with the pharisees and the Romans as well? The ones who killed him? Because that's what you're saying we should do. As if your kindness hasn't been visibly weaponized against you throughout the West. Did Jesus ever hit someone in self-defense? Did he ever kill in self-defense? Are we then to assume that because Jesus didn't do it, it is wrong or unholy?
Noise is preferable to slumber. I would argue I've put forth a more redemptive purpose than you have thus far. Islam is conquering Europe. Islam is sinking its claws into the rest of the West. It is incompatible with Christianity and our way of life. I will not be silent about it. I will not hide the 'Truth', for anyone. Hundreds of thousands of British girls (that's just Britain, not France, Germany, etc.) deserve people like me who aren't afraid to offend others, those who are so easily offended by truth.