I'm going to rejoice brother.
He said (and warned) us that it would be EXACTLY like this right before He returns.
I agree with you, "there is/was nothing new"....
...up until recently?
Even you have to admit, there is something seriously different about this sort of "new" hatred towards Christians?
No I don't agree that this is a "new" hatred of Christians. Has it been held in check? yes, but it has been there all along.
The enemy works in deception so most of the hate this guy was spewing has been held in reserve, but the contempt/hate has been there all along. This bubbling up is just the beginning and in all honesty the church is to blame.
Jesus asked us all of us to do something in John 13.34-35
[SUP]34 [/SUP]A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
[SUP]35 [/SUP]By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
And some of you are shocked and in awe that a guy wrote a hit piece on the Bible and "Christians"
The elephant in the room in the body today and that nobody wants to talk about is this. The world go into the church looking for love, deliverance and what makes us tick and see nothing different in us than what they are going through or sadly even worse, they see things that would even be against their own humanist morals.
WHY?
Because we cannot love each other as Christ loved us.
Check the mirror and you will see why this guy wrote this trash. The world should not becoming to us, we should be going to the world, and they should know we are his disciples by the love for each other and them. They should see in deed and speech we are not of this world.
When they are stressed out by the world's chaos, they should be calmed by our order
When they are consumed by the darkness in the world, they see should our light.
When they are bound by fear, they should see our freedom from fear
When they are turned inside out by confusion, uncertainty and doubt they should feel our peace, see our steadfastness, and touch our assurance and quietness.
When they are rejected, they should see our unity.
When they are hungry for something different they should eat of our fruit of the spirit
When the mourn, we should mourn with them.
Butr we cant becaue we cannot show these things to each other.
I am just as guilty as anyone, so no I do not see anything different about this level of hate.
But I do know what will change it and that is the LOVE of God!