27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."
This is found in Luke Chapter 6.
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."
And this in Matthew 5.
Now suppose for a second that there was a dictator that ran a country. This dictator says to the people of his country, "As long as you love and obey me, I will feed you, I will clothe you, and I will provide you with a place to live. You must also do as I say no matter what it is or how meaningless it may sound. Do this and you will live, you will have all you need. However, if you don't LOVE me and if you don't OBEY me, I will put you in a metal box and pour lava over your body. I will ignore your screams and tell you that you deserve it for not loving me."
How many of you would find this man worthy of worship, worthy of love, and worthy of praise? How many of you KNOWING what he truly was (even though he does good to all who love and obey him) would still look up to this man? Only a sadist would praise this man! He is sick and demented. THIS IS THE CHRISTIAN GOD, THIS IS THE MUSLIM GOD. Both are very conditional beings. Either you LOVE them and obey them or they will never forgive you and you will b punished "justly" by torment or annihilation (after torment). Both of these ideologies are absolutely sickening.
When anyone asks where we find truth of the reconciliation of all OUTSIDE of Paul's message. These passages are all we need to see. Yes there are more but these sum up perfectly how hypocritical Jehovah would be if He didn't or failed to reconcile all. Either He was unable, making Him too weak; or He was unwilling, making Him a hypocrite, to save all of mankind.
A being that is said to be all-loving AND all-powerful HAS to redeem all. Anything less and you can't call him these things. He would be unworthy of worship.
I love when someone says, "Yeah, He WANTS all to be reconciled, and yeah He is POWERFUL enough to to that, but He gives us "free-will" to choose Him." That is a pathetic argument... Say that we do have free-will, how exactly can God not figure out how to win us over? Is he so clueless as to be able to win our love? Does God not know exactly what to do and say in order to woo us? God is not stupid, He knows ever detail about how we work and all of the emotions that make us tick. God can AND WILL be able to get all of creation to fall IN LOVE with Him. But first, He needs people to see who He really is. It is really hard to fall in love with a vindictive sadist that has no problem burning people (even some that we love) for a never ending period of time.
Once people see who God truly is, it will be impossible for them to not fall in love...
This is found in Luke Chapter 6.
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."
And this in Matthew 5.
Now suppose for a second that there was a dictator that ran a country. This dictator says to the people of his country, "As long as you love and obey me, I will feed you, I will clothe you, and I will provide you with a place to live. You must also do as I say no matter what it is or how meaningless it may sound. Do this and you will live, you will have all you need. However, if you don't LOVE me and if you don't OBEY me, I will put you in a metal box and pour lava over your body. I will ignore your screams and tell you that you deserve it for not loving me."
How many of you would find this man worthy of worship, worthy of love, and worthy of praise? How many of you KNOWING what he truly was (even though he does good to all who love and obey him) would still look up to this man? Only a sadist would praise this man! He is sick and demented. THIS IS THE CHRISTIAN GOD, THIS IS THE MUSLIM GOD. Both are very conditional beings. Either you LOVE them and obey them or they will never forgive you and you will b punished "justly" by torment or annihilation (after torment). Both of these ideologies are absolutely sickening.
When anyone asks where we find truth of the reconciliation of all OUTSIDE of Paul's message. These passages are all we need to see. Yes there are more but these sum up perfectly how hypocritical Jehovah would be if He didn't or failed to reconcile all. Either He was unable, making Him too weak; or He was unwilling, making Him a hypocrite, to save all of mankind.
A being that is said to be all-loving AND all-powerful HAS to redeem all. Anything less and you can't call him these things. He would be unworthy of worship.
I love when someone says, "Yeah, He WANTS all to be reconciled, and yeah He is POWERFUL enough to to that, but He gives us "free-will" to choose Him." That is a pathetic argument... Say that we do have free-will, how exactly can God not figure out how to win us over? Is he so clueless as to be able to win our love? Does God not know exactly what to do and say in order to woo us? God is not stupid, He knows ever detail about how we work and all of the emotions that make us tick. God can AND WILL be able to get all of creation to fall IN LOVE with Him. But first, He needs people to see who He really is. It is really hard to fall in love with a vindictive sadist that has no problem burning people (even some that we love) for a never ending period of time.
Once people see who God truly is, it will be impossible for them to not fall in love...
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