Ken et al
What makes us so unattractive to the lost is that we have forgotten the
positive message that Jesus gave to us. We are so in love with religion that
we make the same mistakes that the pharisees did. We are so good. We tithe;
we do not sin (hah!); we attend meetings. What would we do when faced with
Legion - most of us would run a mile. Would we go to Matthew's party or the
wedding in Cana and provide the wine so that the hosts would not be
embarrassed - NO!!! What would we do with the woman caught in adultery -
most of us would stone her. WAKE UP.
The message we have for the world is, "I don't care if you are gay, a
drunkard, an adulter, have had an abortion - Jesus loves you; Jesus paid the
price - IN FULL"!!!
BoW
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Komoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [RR] Question with Al Gore
> I think that's fairly simple to answer: What makes us un-attractive to
many
> of the lost is 1) our insistence on doing the right thing, even though it
> may be
> hard; 2) our insistence on working and earning a living, not getting it
handed
> to you by the government; 3) our insistence on a reasonably strict moral
> standard
> that doesn't pander to the fringes. There's more, but those are the ones
that
> pop to the surface. If compassion means compromising, then many of us
probably
> do lack some compassion. Many of the lost equate a handout with
'Christian
> Love'
> and it just ain't so. And when we are not forthcoming with the handout,
they
> get turned off.
>
> Many of us in Rangers have compassion for the lost and we actively try to
> get them
> into the program and get them saved. And we can help them some. But the
> age-old
> adage is still this: "Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day. Teach a
> man to
> fish, and he can eat for a lifetime." Many of the lost simply aren't
> interested
> in learning to fish as long as someone will keep giving him fish...
>
> At 12:34 PM 12/11/00 -0800, Duane Wheeler wrote:
> >But what is it about "christians" that is so un -attractive to the lost?
> >Lack of Compassion?
> >
> >-=A=-
>
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