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khne01
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| Posted 10/24/2004 10:32 PM (GMT -6) |   | I was asked this question:
Are you doing everything to rid evil in this world?
How are we to rid evil from this world?
Are we ask to destroy evil in this world ?
Doesn't The parable of the wheat and the weeds tell us that we should not pull the weeds. (destroy the evil)
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spenlake
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| Posted 10/25/2004 12:50 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
Originally posted by khne01
I was asked this question:
Are you doing everything to rid evil in this world?
How are we to rid evil from this world?
Are we ask to destroy evil in this world ?
Doesn't The parable of the wheat and the weeds tell us that we should not pull the weeds. (destroy the evil)
Our mandate isn't to rid the world of evil, that will happen when Christ does it at His return. Our job is to preach the gospel to this evil world, some will hear and repent and flee this evil world to the safety offered by the righteousness of Christ.
There is a command that the church has been given to rid the church of manifested sinners and evil, to rule itself within itself but this has nothing to do with the world, quote:
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world. But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? But those who are outside, God judges. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES.
We are to provide that the church is not a sanctuary for unrepentant sinners continuing sinful behaviors while claiming to be Christians.
Spen Lake
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khne01
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| Posted 10/26/2004 4:13 AM (GMT -6) | | 1.You sent,” The questions are (1) Are you doing everything to rid evil in this world? "
Paul doing God’s will - Acts 13:9-12 and John 15 – we need to be about our Father’s business. The soldiers are laying down their life for their friends. There is no greater love than this.
Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through Me.” Muslims don’t believe that. They are doing and have done evil in the world. They are going against God’s will. We have an obligation to help others, i.e. the good Samaritan, and are responsible for others.
An example would be WWII. We weren’t in the war until 1941 when Japan bombed us. Why did we go to war with Germany, they didn’t hurt us? They didn’t bomb us. Where do you draw the line? Is it a line in the sand that is constantly drifting? I don’t think it should be. We need a firm policy that people, our opponents, can understand.
Is it right to fight against evil? Absolutely. Should we let evil win? How could that be biblical? God wouldn’t be on the devil’s side.
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BADGERVOL
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| Posted 10/28/2004 3:04 AM (GMT -6) | | khne01,
I thought we went to war with Germany in WWII after we declared war on Japan, because THEY (Germany) declared war on us. You're sort of forced into fighting someone when they declare war on you. That was one of the big historical blunders of Hitler. He opened too many fronts too quickly in that war. He could have kept us focused on Japan for a while while he continued to take over Europe and then later took us on. Good thing he made that blunder.
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feelinahole
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