Dear NegaZero,
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So you're saying that I could call you anything I'm not? Pastor Ezekiel had nothing to show that proves that Alucard247 is a "Godmocking whore". Based on what you said, I could call people anything I wanted to as long as the term didn't apply to me.
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Why are you so certain Pastor Ezekiel is mistaken? Did it occur to you he might have background information you are not aware of?
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But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven.
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What you say is irrelevant, all that matters is that what God put in the Holy Bible.
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God loved the world so much he gave his own son so that all of us could be with Him.
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"Could" being the operative word here. God knows very well not everyone will make it, which is why He created Hell.
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The KJV means a lot of things when it uses the word "judge"/"judgement". If you take a look in a concordance, many of the words mean "discern", "evaluate", and "discriminate".
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You are not supposed to substitute words. You have to take it literally.
"Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you." (Deuteronomy 4:2)
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We are to called to "judge" (discern), if someone is in need of God, and lovingly show them the way. Not by condemning them, or trying to judge them on God's level (that'll just cause them to hate you, thus ruining all your hard work on helping this person).
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I don't know why you add "on God's level" to this, but not only can we judge others, God even demands it from us.
"In righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour." (Leviticus 19:15) "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine." (2nd Timothy 4:1-2)
Yours in Christ,
Pastor J.C. Manning, M.D., Ph.D.