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Originally posted by HoneyKiss1974
Again, this man's actions were not Christian like behavior. So I do rejoice when evil (or evil actions) are cast out. We as Christians are called to judge behavior that is not of God. i would think treating fellow human beings as animals would qualify as that. Please read my previous post for more info.
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i told myself i wasn't going to get on here anymore, but oh well. lol.....
i agree you can be happy when evil is taken out of this world....i mean, honestly...yay for whenever saddam and osama are given the Almighty's peace sign....but being raised in a strict Southern Baptist household, i was never taught as a Christian we had
any God-given right to hold judgement on
anyone.....that whole, "judge not lest ye be judged" thing....God is the only one with the power to judge. we have laws and the power to punish those who have murdered and all that.....but God has the oh-so final say in whether someone is in hell, or heaven with Him. He makes that judgement call.....not us. i don't think He "calls" on us to judge our fellow man's final place.
love the man, hate the sin.....you may not like what someone does (strom in his racism days, however long that lasted--whole life, part of life, whatever--hate those actions), but we
are called upon to love our fellow man. not saying we all do or it's easy.....but that is definitely in the Bible. we are supposed to
strive to be as God-like as we can be......and i know that God doesn't
hate ol' strom, just what he did that wasn't God-like. and i'm NOT NOT NOT trying to defend strommy at ALL, just trying to add my .02 about what i have been taught about the Bible, God, and how we are
supposed to act.
also, it states in the Bible that if we cannot forgive others, how can we expect God to forgive us? just a lil food for thought....i've never experienced racism like African Americans have, and i can't even begin to understand how it must hurt and make you all feel....and i'm not trying to be all preachy and condescending and saying you all are evil and whatnot.....just giving another opinion out there and something to think about.
that's all....i
promise i will try to stay away!!!
