[SpiritualAmerican]

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Matthew 5:43-46, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."

Mark 11:25-26, "And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."

Maybe this will help some of you whose hate has corrupted your hearts

[James Dewitt]

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Maybe this will help some of you whose hate has corrupted your hearts

1 Corinthians 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

My how judgemental of you.

[True Disciple]

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Matthew 5:43-46, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."

Mark 11:25-26, "And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses."

Maybe this will help some of you whose hate has corrupted your hearts

I could only say Amen to that, friend. Many unsaved trash nowadays come on these forums just to spout hatred at us True Christians(tm), simply because we believe the Bible!

Let me add a few Verses about Godly Love as well:

2 Chronicles 19:2:
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

Malachi 1:2-3:
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

Luke 6:22:
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Luke 14:26:
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

2 John 1:9-11:
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

[SpiritualAmerican]

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Judgmental? Nay, I am only responding to what I observe. And whilst I cannot say I am without hate, I did not come here to spout angry lines and spread the fires of hate. I only come to question why I see anger, why I see hatred. This brings pains in my heart, that there is more anger than love. I would have expected prayers for safety, plans to help rebuild and save lives or the expression of wanting to. What I see are prayers for pain and suffering, expressions of joy and mirth at their sufferings. It is quite difficult for me to accept that these dark feelings are what God wishes of you

[SUV]

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Judgmental

We don't need to hear about 'King of the Hill' here

[True Disciple]

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What I see are prayers for pain and suffering, expressions of joy and mirth at their sufferings. It is quite difficult for me to accept that these dark feelings are what God wishes of you

You clearly are unfamiliar with God's Word, the Holy Bible. It is perfectly allowed to pray for our enemies' destruction:

Psalm 35:3-9:
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

Psalm 59:10-15:
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

Psalm 69:23-28:
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

Psalm 139:19-22:
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

[Born Again Bob]

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Dear Friend,

It is quite difficult for me to accept that these dark feelings are what God wishes of you

I understand, I really do. Tell you what -- we'll show the people of Japan the full measure of kindness and mercy that God commanded the Israelites to show the people of Ai in the stirring humanitarian story of Joshua 8.

24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

Fair enough?

Yours in Him,
BAB

[SpiritualAmerican]

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If your enemies are those who do not believe the same as you, then of those who died their number is few. What of the children whose lives were lost in this event? Of the Christians whom were claimed by the earth and the sea? What of them?

[Cranky Old Man]

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If your enemies are those who do not believe the same as you, then of those who died their number is few. What of the children whose lives were lost in this event? Of the Christians whom were claimed by the earth and the sea? What of them?

Death is irrelevant. If you're good you go to Heaven if your bad you go to Hell. Our stay here on Earth is short and should only be used to praise God!

Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."

[True Disciple]

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If your enemies are those who do not believe the same as you, then of those who died their number is few. What of the children whose lives were lost in this event? Of the Christians whom were claimed by the earth and the sea? What of them?

1. The children:

God punishes the children for the sins of their parents:

Jeremiah 32:18:
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name.

Which is why He wants them to be slaughtered alongside their parents in cases of extreme iniquity:

Numbers 21:34-35:
And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

Deuteronomy 2:33-34:
And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain

1 Samuel 15:2-3:
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

In other words, God is not going to spare the children.

2. The Christians:

God will not destroy the righteous along with the unrighteous. In the case of Sodom and Gomorrah, he took Lot and his family, the only righteous people in the cities, out of it before their destruction, by sending two angels to them:

Genesis 19:15-16:
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

So, if there were righteous True Christians™ in Japan, God likely would have taken His Measures to save them.

[Didymus Much]

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...What of the children whose lives were lost in this event?...

Baptists don't baptize children or infants, so...

[SpiritualAmerican]

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So the children who are still pure and untouched by the world's evils are still condemned? What madness takes hold of men to say such things?

[Born Again Bob]

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Dear Friend,

So the children who are still pure and untouched by the world's evils are still condemned?

I bet you're in favor of gays adopting kids, aren't you? Well, how will gays in hell adopt kids unless unbaptized kids go to hell?

Get your story straight!

Yours in Him,
BAB

[SpiritualAmerican]

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Ezekiel 18:20- "The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself."

Deuteronomy 24:16- "Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin." - "Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin."

It took me quite some time to find them. Children are born without sin, and are incapable of sin until they age. Unless you are trying to say that a 3 or 4 year old can commit an act against God.

[SpiritualAmerican]

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As a note towards the infraction I just received, I was not twisting scripture as these are indeed in the Bible and indeed written as thus. Any internal conflict you find in my post is already there, if any, and that while my language may be slightly different (it depends on your version and printing) I am quite accurate.

As an avid forum user this is against my regular nature of being against double posting, forgive this but I felt it must be addressed immediately.