Monday, May 6, 2013

Is There Room For ANY Hatred in the Kingdom of God?


Moral purity seems to define what most Christians believe is Christian.  I know this from having been raised in an Evangelical community and having attended Evangelical private schools after high school.  Moral purity means that one can do ANYTHING one wishes to do BEFORE knowing Jesus Christ as Savior, but AFTER one comes to know Jesus as Savior, one is expected to live a “pure” life if indeed one wants to be raptured from this world and NOT go through the Great Tribulation Period.
Now, this is why Evangelicalism can’t accept homosexuality or ANY kind of deviate sin in a person’s life because the Grace of God cleanses one.  Christians believe then that the Grace of God covers EVERY sin BEFORE salvation, but that AFTER salvation, one is expected to live a pure life that is does NOT include immorality of ANY kind.  One is expected to be obedient to ALL laws and that one is expected to understand that there ARE sins one does NOT commit AFTER salvation if one WANTS to remain in the Christian community.  Now, this thinking is based on the belief that ALL are born into sin and one must come to salvation in order to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.  This means then that once a person is saved, one is expected NOT to sin against God or one’s fellow human being.
Evangelicals will say that once one enters into a world of sin again, one must repent of one’s sin and therefore, while it’s not being saved again, it’s renouncing a life that was once sinful to a life that is pure, both morally and ethically.  This is what defines Evangelicalism in a nutshell.
I have wondered who my audience would be AFTER my experience with my Angels.  I knew for a fact the Church community from which I came would NOT accept what I claim is from the Angels.  Central to my understanding of the Bible is Jesus Himself.  My Angels ARE Christ-centered.  But for me, this means that EVERYONE is born saved and that the ONLY way to lose one’s salvation is to purposely take a Human Life.  NOTHING is more important to God than Human Life.  EVERY sin that the Apostle Paul mentions in ALL his epistles are sins that would be reason enough for the Pharisees to put one to death.  But the Pharisees themselves were immune from the death penalty because of their obedience to the Law of Moses. This WAS the confrontation between Jesus and the Pharisees because Jesus was saying that they were as guilty of sin as the ones they put to death.  And while Evangelicals are waiting for something that WON’T occur, they miss the grand opportunity to preach the Grace of God to ALL people and thus they become a minority of sorts that will NOT tolerate sin in ANY form.
So, I am saying that Evangelicals might understand the Grace of God in their own lives IF indeed they lead sinless lives.  But the fact is that like the Pharisees, they ARE guilty of the very sins that Jesus condemned in the Pharisees, except that they don’t really murder others for their sins, but that they HATE those who commit such sins against God.  I am saying there is no room for ANY kind of hatred at all in the Kingdom of God even if they say they hate the sin but love the sinner; for in their saying this, they are excusing themselves saying that what they think is okay, because they hate the sin.
One can’t separate sin from the sinners.  The Pharisees couldn’t do it and I would suggest that to a person, Evangelicals aren’t able to do it either.  In fact, even the Southern Poverty Law Center, which I personally support, says that the Family Research Council is a hate group.  The Family Research Council defends itself by saying it’s the sin they hate.  I am saying hatred is hatred.  And I am also suggesting that the ONLY way to lose one’s salvation is to purposely take a Human Life.  What Evangelicals seem to be doing to me is that in their zeal to say that homosexuality is a sin that is NOT forgiven by God, they are doing everything to homosexuals that the Pharisees did EXCEPT the stoning.  Some Evangelicals have gone so far to suggest that a military group should be responsible for doing just that.  The Apostle Paul came from such a military group and he understood why any Pharisee would put to death ANY sinner worthy of death.  The Grace of God then covers our sins before we are born and if we can understand that Jesus died for EVERY sin except for the sins of murder and suicide, there is nothing in the Bible we can’t understand.  But it’s sad to say that most Evangelicals do NOT understand Jesus.  I think this is what makes Evangelicalism a hate group.  Jesus loved the sinners in spite of their sins.  This is why He died on the cross.  Peace.  Brother Ralphie

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