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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