[cheesynibbles]

Re: Bible Answers: Who are our neighbors? Who are our brothers and sisters? Who are we to love?

You're making God up.

You either believe in Jesus or you burn in Hell.

So basically you just said God doesn't exist!! You hindu!!! :O

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

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So basically you just said God doesn't exist!! You hindu!!! :O

He said nothing of the sort. Please read a little more carefully.

[cheesynibbles]

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He said nothing of the sort. Please read a little more carefully.

yes he did! But then again I knew you two were gonna stick up for eachother, I mean, you being fags and all

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

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yes he did! But then again I knew you two were gonna stick up for eachother, I mean, you being fags and all

Reading comprehension isn't your strong point, is it, sunshine? "God exists" and "You're making God up" aren't mutually exclusive statements; instead, they mean that you're making up "facts" about God that aren't true.

[Didymus Much]

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...you being fags and all

Dear H8er:

Even thought the True Christians here have a Bible which tells them that homosexuals are an abomination deserving of death and eternal hellfire, they don't hate them.

Why do you?

[Redeemed Papist]

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yes he did! But then again I knew you two were gonna stick up for eachother, I mean, you being fags and all

What? I said the idiot made God up. We don't. We have the Bible to prove God.

[Dr. Warren Wierdsbe]

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Wait, do you mean that Evolution didn't happen? So what did happen?

Seriously, you mean you read this far in this thread and THIS is the question you came up with? Have you never read Genesis?

In Christ,
Warren

[Levi Jones]

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Praise Jesus. I get so tired of the unsaved telling us what they think the Bible says.

[Pastor William Nathaniel Sampson]

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I just wanted my friends and neighbors at Landover Baptist to know how much I love you all.

The unsaved, not so much.

[Thomas Taylor]

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I just wanted my friends and neighbors at Landover Baptist to know how much I love you all.

The unsaved, not so much.

Thankyou Pastor. Your thoughts and wishes make me want to work harder for Jesus.

[Cannuck Pepper]

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Alright, so I'm new here and forgive me if I seem a little ignorant but I have a question. I've always tried to live my life in a manner similar to the life Jesus lead when he was here on earth. Of course I fall short, but I still try and with his help I feel I grow and do a little better everyday. I've looked over a lot of these posts and there's a lot of talk about shunning nonbelievers. In my life I've tried very hard to answer the call Jesus put forth to his disciples in Matthew 4:18-25

18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

Now obviously I can't heal and I don't have multitudes following me but I do my best to help those in need when I can and spread the gospel to those who need even if they're nonbelievers who reject Jesus. Just like Jesus did in Matthew 9:9-15

9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Is my understanding of this passage wrong? It seems to me that Jesus came to save those were unsaved. He ate with sinners and spent time with them. Was that just something special Jesus did that we are not suppose to? Thank you for your time and responses, I really appreciate the help.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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Dear Heathen;

Jesus offers us all the gift of Salvation, but that doesn't mean that everyone receives that gift. Yes, Jesus temporarily suffered and died on the cross for my sins, but that gift is offered conditionally.

Take this famous verse, for existence. Jesus DID NOT die for everyone.

He died for those that BELIEVE.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16

Everyone doesn't believe in Jesus, thus they will perish.

Please make a thread of your own in the "Introductions" section of the forum, so that we can properly greet you. Tell us about yourself, your church, and how you came to find Jesus.

And if you're here to flame us, better take a look at THIS before making an even bigger ass out of yourself.

I will pray that the Holy Spirit enter you and chase the demons out of your rectum and let Jesus fill you with His Grace. If you use your God-given free will to reject Christ and His temporary death on the cross for my sins, then you are sending yourself to hellfire.

YIC,

-Pastor Ezekiel

[Mary Etheldreda]

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Now obviously I can't heal and I don't have multitudes following me but I do my best to help those in need when I can and spread the gospel to those who need even if they're nonbelievers who reject Jesus. Just like Jesus did in Matthew 9:9-15

Excellent! That's just what we do here at Landover Baptist Church Forum! We help those in need by spreading the Gospel, even to those who reject the temporary Sacrifice Christ made for my sins! Say, why don't you introduce yourself so we can greet you properly! Tell us what church you go to, what your favorite Bible verse is, and how you came to Fear and Obey God (Ecclesiastes 12:13)!

[MitzaLizalor]

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Now obviously I can't heal and I don't have multitudes following me but I do my best to help those in need when I can and spread the gospel to those who need even if they're nonbelievers who reject Jesus. Just like Jesus did in Matthew 9:9-15

9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Is my understanding of this passage wrong?

Hello. I never intrude opinion or instruction and none is needed here. You seem concerned that you do not have magic powers, such as spontaneous healing. And that is right: no-one does. Jesus is the great physician. But Jesus is absent from the world. He says so here:

JOHN [Jesus speaking]
15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
KJV

The passage covers both your points.
It is through prayer that God, by the Power of the Holy Spirit, heals the sick.
If someone doesn't recover, either the prayer was not addressed to God, or it was not made in faith. James 5 - LINK to earlier post

Similarly, it is The Holy Spirit who convinces the sinner of sin, see verse 8 above. You mentioned that you “spread the gospel to those who need even if they're nonbelievers” which is puzzling me. Why would you spread The Gospel to people who were already believers? It is only nonbelievers who need to hear The Good News of Salvation. Everyone else is already saved. What would be the point of that? OK, most people do reject Jesus. Satan offers them a value free lifestyle with wall-to-wall booze, pimps, sex orgies, random murder, psychedelic toads, Frenchwomen, witchdoctors, heathenism and communists and they jump at the opportunity. As we know these fools do accept that there is a God but pretend to be atheists, Zoroastrians, animists, Presbyterians, psychotic delusionals, new age sex gurus and other demoniacs of the type so that they may sin. If they had never heard, that would be one thing. Having heard—but rejected Jesus—is another.

So we have an obligation to witness to those wretches. That doesn't mean we should associate with them. We must not, as has been explained in the posts you will have read concerning shunning, with full supporting Scripture.

..Jesus came to save those were unsaved. He ate with sinners and spent time with them. Was that just something special Jesus did that we are not suppose to?

I always feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and explain The Truth to them in accordance with their understanding. I don't expect to see outcomes as such, my simple words are like a seed and they will hear others, I know. Perhaps that seed will sprout. I neglect no opportunity: that is called Faith. But when invited into their lair, or to sit in with their coven, or gross out at one of their séances or whatever other plans they might have the Christian always declines.

That is the difference between association and witnessing.

Is my understanding of this passage wrong?

Taken in context, God's Word is always clear. Taking passages out of context is obfuscational at best. Feel free to contact The Pastors for sound teaching or to arrange a tithing plan.

[dudemon223]

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Did you not read my sermon?

Only predestined, preordained, blood bought Christians are our neighbors, brothers and sisters.

if that's true why did god specificaly point out a pagan samaritan as our neighbor more over why did he save the samaritan woman at the well