I DON'T CARE WHAT PAUL SAID. JESUS SAYS:
Matthew 25
31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory.
32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate
the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the
goats.
33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are
blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for
you since the creation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and
you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you
hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for
one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, ...
42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and
you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look
after me.'
44 "They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty
or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help
you?'
45 "He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
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I don't believe that the bible is the infallible word of God. I don't
even believe it is the fallible word of God. I don't even think its the
word of God at all. So if all I can do is quote the bible, it's time to
quit before I get into an argument with someone over something I don't
even believe in. I do believe that all scripture is given for
instruction, I think that's in the bible. I do believe there is a word
of God though, it's written in our heart. We know it's wrong to steal,
we know it is wrong to hit someone, we know it is wrong to make someone
cry. We know we should not hurt anybody. We know this, this is the word
of God and its written in our hearts and all I ask is that people
follow the word of God.
Sometimes we don't mean to. We hurt others by accident, not even
realizing that we said or did something that hurt them, and sometimes
we do it on purpose because we think they deserve it, and if you ever
do this, be very careful that you're not wrong, because as you judge,
so shall you be judged. The person who created the science mind church,
I can't remember his name right now, but he said, "what you say about
others is the truth about yourself." Often, if you look real hard,
you'll see people judging others for misgivings that they them self are
guilty of. It's true. So it's safest not to judge at all.
Always there is room for forgiveness. We should forgive others when
they hurt us, because we would like to be forgiven should we hurt
anyone. As Jesus taught us, "God forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Don't think that you can tell God, "I don't need forgiveness, didn't
your son die for me?" That's not gonna fly, I don't care what Paul
said, I'm sorry you believed in him, but what did your heart say? That's the word you should be listening to.