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Originally Posted by Brother Ishmael
i was reading the i should love my neighbour, but what if they are a muslim person and they always try to get me to come back to that religion, should i love them or not
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Oh, you poor man -- having to find yourself in such a sticky predicament. In a situation like this, I like to think of what the
would do. Just because we are to love our neighbor does not mean that we are to let them tempt us into wrongdoing. And, in your case, dear Brother Ishmael, I think it would be very unwise if you were to let yourself be swayed by unsavory, unholy persons with nefarious intentions!
But, let us examine what the blessed Word of Almighty
-- the
-- has to say about such situations:
Matthew 4:10 "Then
said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the
your
, and
only you shall serve.'"
I Corinthians 15:33 " Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners."
Psalm 1:1 "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful."
Proverbs 6:27 "Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?"
Proverbs 22:24,25:
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Exodus 22:20 "He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the
only, he shall be utterly destroyed."
Now, then, these are but a few of the instructions that the
has left for us in
. I so hope that this will be helpful to you, as you study this so very carefully. And, I do thank you for thinking to ask the
servants of the
for assistance, before becoming entangled in a situation that would have placed you in peril. May
bless you as you seek
Will.