Fruit and politics
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I don't say they are without love because they disagree.
I say they are without love because their words are said with anger hate and intolerance.
And yes, the fact I keep trying to convince the willfully ignorant does show a lot of patience and kindness. Makes me wonder why I try (which I do because God tells me to).
I say they are without love because their words are said with anger hate and intolerance.
And yes, the fact I keep trying to convince the willfully ignorant does show a lot of patience and kindness. Makes me wonder why I try (which I do because God tells me to).
How do you know that? Are you reading people's minds, or did God tell you that too?
I don't think you are trying very hard, though; because you keep posting the same meme-talk as evidence over and over again. I don't know of a single person that sees Trump as a prophet or spiritual leader of any kind. An ordained-by-god civil servant, yes; as much as any other Pharoah or king, or soldier, or mailman; but definitely not a prophet.
He himself, I am sure, knows that he is NOT a moral leader. Historically, he has supported abortion- yet he has set that aside, because he cannot afford to lose Christians. And as far as your other concerns go- We Trump supporters elected Trump because he is not a textbook republican that goes for abandoning the poor. With respect to immigrants; we do NOT have to welcome ALL immigrants, and if you believe that, I'm sorry but you're wrong. When God gave that commandment to Israel, you have to understand, that those foreigners would not be allowed to worship other Gods other than the God of Israel... so, I might agree that we should accept Christian immigrants, but that certainly cannot be codified under United States law.
I don't think you are trying very hard, though; because you keep posting the same meme-talk as evidence over and over again. I don't know of a single person that sees Trump as a prophet or spiritual leader of any kind. An ordained-by-god civil servant, yes; as much as any other Pharoah or king, or soldier, or mailman; but definitely not a prophet.
He himself, I am sure, knows that he is NOT a moral leader. Historically, he has supported abortion- yet he has set that aside, because he cannot afford to lose Christians. And as far as your other concerns go- We Trump supporters elected Trump because he is not a textbook republican that goes for abandoning the poor. With respect to immigrants; we do NOT have to welcome ALL immigrants, and if you believe that, I'm sorry but you're wrong. When God gave that commandment to Israel, you have to understand, that those foreigners would not be allowed to worship other Gods other than the God of Israel... so, I might agree that we should accept Christian immigrants, but that certainly cannot be codified under United States law.
This would be an incorrect application of scripture.
Where scripture is referring to "knowing someone by their fruit" it is speaking about the followers of false teachers.
If you think you can judge the fruits of the spirit of another person then you are placing yourself on a moral higher ground, do you think you have a moral higher ground from which you can look down upon other people and be a fruit inspector?
Where scripture is referring to "knowing someone by their fruit" it is speaking about the followers of false teachers.
If you think you can judge the fruits of the spirit of another person then you are placing yourself on a moral higher ground, do you think you have a moral higher ground from which you can look down upon other people and be a fruit inspector?
This applies to both false and true 'believers'. That's the point of the list, to help discern between those who are false and those who are true. If your actions agree with the items on the list, you are true. If they don't, you're false.
And why would God give us a checklist if He didn't intend for us to use it?
And why would God give us a checklist if He didn't intend for us to use it?
