Jesus was talking about the king, Not a stupid moron... You don't get this??? WOW...
I sent these to a good friend of mine because we have talked about political and current Christianity problems a lot:
Man's # 1 Sickness - Hatred
Why is there so much hatred in the world? Does God condone hatred? These two questions, I am sure, have stimulated much thought. Hatred has caused me a lot of grief especially when I realize it is based on selfishness and assumption of truth. The arguing, the misunderstanding, and/or the fighting, which branch out from hatred, seem so childish or immature. The original sin of Adam and Eve was not hatred, but directly involved was selfishness and assumption of truth. And later on, Cain hated Abel due to selfishness and assumption of truth. Also, the Old Testament and the secular accounts of history are full of crime, unethical business, and wars based on selfishness and assumption of truth. But where hatred grieves me the most is in and between families and churches, usually over minor issues. Now it is easy to point to the Bible prophecies about people' s behavior and say, “oh we are just in the Last Days”. It is also easy to say, “We should hate what God hates and forget about those doomed sinners.” But many of us are very sensitive and concerned, especially in regards to our families and former friends. We need fundamental, Bible-believing friends, families, and/or churches to encourage and stand with us in relation to Luke 6:22-23, Matthew 5:43-48, and John 15:10-27. Please take time to read those passages of God's Word. Then become ready to constantly and sincerely encourage true Christian believers because every one of them is being hated in some way. The only cure or solution to hatred is God's compassionate love, which He wants to give to us forever.
Attitude
(by Charles Swindoll)
The longer I live, the more I realize the importance of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.(by Charles Swindoll)
The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace each day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90 how I react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of our attitudes.
Seven Types of Anger
(by Bill Stevenson)
1.) One is verbal and physical abuse and is usually put-up with as if it were normal.
2.) One is because of very selfish reasons and usually is done to hurt or stop a relationship. It can and usually has violent results.
3.) One is religious or prejudicial for purposes of influencing others to stop certain relationships with certain types of people.
4.) One is just childish immaturity (no age limit) because one doesn't get what they want.
5.) One is due to self discouragement, usually because of too high expectations.
6.) One usually results from frustration due to impatience, misunderstandings, untruthfulness, or lack of cooperation, usually with a spouse. It will never result in physical violence because of agapè (God's special love defined in 1 Corinthians 13).
7.) One is the just or righteous reaction against what displeases God.
Note: Anger of any type temporarily stops peace, happiness, fun, and joy. A true Christian should be trying to eliminate the first six types of anger and only have the seventh one. “Where there is a will, there is a way.”