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Originally Posted by countmeworthy
Satan quoted the scriptures to JESUS and SATAN IS PURE EVIL! Many 'Christian' cults interpret and quote the bible and they are PURE EVIL! but like you, they do not see it that way.
God did not give us a Spirit of fear. and that is what the bozo Lcmr was trying to inflict on Kevin.
There was No LOVE in his post...that is God's Love. The LCM has a false, counterfeit 'love' reserved for it's own.
Be careful mr E. that you don't hear the words:
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Yes, he could be, but we don't know, and we have made him into the devil incarnate, a stranger, on the basis of one or few internet posts, obviously English not his first language. I understand Kevin is upset, I would be too, he has every right to be. But what are we dealing with here? The replaying of the temptation of Christ in the desert? If this fellow is Satan Himself then I suppose Kevin is Jesus.
Satan questioned and tempted Jesus about whether he was the Son of God. That is what was evil. It was not the quoting of Scripture which was evil, or in this case, a disagreement between brethren - although his communication can be improved, there is nothing intrinsically evil about what he said. So it's possibly in the realm of being unwise in our speech, not the realm of evil.
A more mature reaction by Kevin to this sort of thing would be to acknowledge his opinions, perhaps thank him for them, and move on. Not display it on this forum for all to see, where he can then be called pure evil and all sorts of things. If they are indeed in a cult, then we should treat them as those with mental illness - it is not their fault they say these things, to react is to make it worse.
Is this fellow quoting scripture to Kevin to try and make him leave or deny Christ? Is he asking Kevin to commit some sort of sin? I see no evidence of that in his post.
Is he trying to make Kevin afraid? Possibly, but with what fear? The fear of God, possibly? Perhaps the love of Christ and the Church compelled him to say a strong word. We cannot know. God does not exactly punish religious zeal if it is for Christ - Luther, Calvin, Finney, etc many Reformers had it. Saul/Paul was religiously zealous but that was driven by an anti-Christ motive. God's love comes in many forms, even a stern word, a harsh rebuke.
Instead, I see a tendency to over-react by delicate flowers (myself included, or to be biblical - grass) that is more in the realm of "evil" against political correctness and internet manners than actual biblically-defined evil (if we only consider the words themselves, the person may be evil in their heart, we don't know).