Looks like I hit a sore spot....
Yeah, I was nineteen and going door to door myself, so I knew what was
going on the whole time.
As far as judging goes, here are some scripture references...
Prov. 31:9
Gen. 49:16
Ex. 18:22
Nu. 35:24
De. 16:18
Ps.75:2
Ps. 82:2
Is. 1:17
Is. 1:23
Ez. 23:24
John 7:24
1Co:6:2
1Co 6:5
1Co 10:15
!co 14:29
I could go on and on and on...But I'm out of time. Thanks, Clint
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [RR] Compareitive religons merit- any value?
>Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 13:54:30 EDT
>
>In a message dated 6/18/2001 9:44:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> > The Bible says that we are judged by our fruits. I once went to one of
>these
> > aforementioned churches as a teenager with my mom. They claimed to have
>led
> > 276 lives to the Lord through thier Friday nite door-to-door witnessing.
> > But
> > only one family was added to the church in this time. What they did in
> > truth
> > (at least in my imagination) was leave 275 spiritual babies in the
> > dumpster.
> > This was thier fruit. They all had pictures of cadillacs on thier
> > refrigerators that they were claiming in the name of Jesus. They were
> > claiming health, peace, and properity. And they were claiming 276 souls
> > saved, 275 of which were in the dumpster. That is how you judge that.
>
>No. YOU (nor I) judge that - judging is God's responsibility - thankfully!
>Sounds like some A/G churches I've been in - and some Baptist, and
>Presbyterian, and Methodist. So are they all bad? You said you "ONCE went
>to ONE". Do you know for a fact that they didn't invite and reinvite those
>275 families to church? Do you know for a fact that all 275 were left
>behind? Some may have gone to other churches (God forbid that someone not
>like OUR church), how many people saved in your church over the last year
>are
>still attending your church? How many did you mentor? As a teenager were
>you really aware of what was going on or did you simply respond/react to
>what
>you heard from s?
>
>And what exactly is wrong with Cadillacs? The picture on my refrigerator is
>Red Dodge Ram Truck - my son has a 4-wheeler, my daughter a Barbie bike and
>my wife - a natural swimming pool. Am I going to hell because we want
>these
>things? Depends. Depend son whether or not we have received and accepted
>Jesus Christ as our personal savior and continue to live for Him until He
>returns for us or we leave to see Him. It doesn't matter whether I plan to
>use that pickup for Rangers or for driving around in circles in a parking
>lot. And it doesn't matter if my wife wants the pool to have Christian
>parties at or simply for our family to relax around.
>
>It's interesting how we can judge someone by the picture on the
>refrigerator
>- instead of by what's in their heart (especially since we shouldn't be
>judging at all).
>
>
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