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Originally Posted by Ohio
At the heart of the EXCLUSIVE MESSAGE is their condemnation .
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At the heart is condemnation. I agree. Israel may be poor, and miserable, and so forth. But who is the one to climb up on the hill, like Balaam, and curse them? "A Plague upon them!" is the title, here; who'll lift their voice to put a plague upon God's redeemed flock?
No, prudence dictates to think others better than you, and take the least place. If names bother you, don't take a name. But who wants to curse our brethren merely for their names?
Our heart should be love, not condemnation. We don't agree, always, but love overcomes all.
We agree: Love one another. We agree: God loved us and sent His Son. We agree: whosoever shall believe and confess that God raised Jesus from the dead shall be saved. And our love causes us to reach out, in love, and not to scorn and turn away.
And so forth. It's not complicated. Those who give their hearts to an idea like "the local ground" or "the ministry" or cursing "denominationism" seem vulnerable to condemn all others who can't get in line behind the supposed vision of the age. Then it becomes a ministry of condemnation, not reconciliation. Ohio is right: at the heart is condemnation.
So beware your ideas, where they take you.