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Originally Posted by Nell
Thanks Aron...seems that the lights came on there.
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At best, one can say the lights flicker on and off. Peter is our NT exemplar here, not some culturally-derived "untouchable" like "Paul the MOTA", a self-serving fiction if there ever was one.
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Originally Posted by Nell
We also need to heed the warning to "judge not" since, according to the verse, we are heaping judgment on ourselves, and specifically, in the same measure we dish it out.
Does that mean, every time Lee (and we) judged Christianity, that same judgment fell back on us?
Nell
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All are under the curse. "There is none good, not even one." Only Jesus is "the true light that shines into the world."
Those of us who think they have the "light" to judge the rest, may want to reconsider. The NT is too clear. "Whoso among you with no sin, let him cast the first stone".
The way home, the way out of the curse, is to bless, to receive, to encourage, to console. Not to judge, demarcate and shun. Not to create self-serving fictions where the "Other" is "poor" while "We" are "rich". That kind of thinking is not the way home.