As Jesus said, he came not to send peace but a sword. It was his warning to Christians that everyone from the Romans to the gentiles, to the atheists would be out to kill his people.
And he was right. Nero turned Christians into human torches. And even today militant atheists come after us with their swords on these boards.
But it is not hard to understand. Evil cannot tolerate Good. He warned that the fight between Good and Evil would even tear families apart. It was a warning that we should not honor evil, not even in our own parents or our own children. And when the evil ones in our own families become so panicked by the exposure of their evil they they drew their swords against us, we should stand our ground in his non-violent way. Let them kill us!! There is an internal knowledge in the evil, that Jesus will eventually to put an end to them. Of course they hate him.
There is an error in the thinking of many that this will happen in every family. It will not. No family united in good will be touched. It is for this reason that Christian families make every effort to raise their children to love good and avoid evil. In such families there will be no swords.
And as Jesus told us, "He who lives by the sword will die by the sword."
2006-07-07 10:45:50
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answered by ALLEN F 3
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It isn't the name of Jesus that does that. And people do not do that to everyone who profess' Jesus' name. The Hypocrites are very loud, no matter what religion they are in, and that is the Image that stays with people the most. I seriously doubt that people are being attacked for simply saying "I believe in Jesus"... if they are... it is happening so infrequently that it doesn't even matter... because Christians, for the most part, outnumber the rest of us except in Muslim nations. The way you put that, you make it seem like Christianity is the minority... when that is not the case at all. And it's statements like that (whether you meant it that way or not) that stick with people and when they meet up with someone else who claims they are a Christian, that statement is what they will remember... and the first thing that will come to mind after that is "that's a lie".
I don't reject people because they believe in Jesus. I reject hypocrites, liars, etc... People who claim to be Christian, throwin verses out left and right and not even following basic teachings of the religion they claim to follow. And I feel no negativity towards you... why would I? As for Bono, you do know he donates tons of money every year to the children in Africa, right???? He also gives up a lot of his time to do what he does and puts on concerts where all the proceeds go to feeding the starved and helping the poor. He's donated planes, etc... he does a lot more than what you give him credit for. ^_^ And I don't even like the guy.
2006-07-07 09:34:58
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answered by Kithy 6
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I like how the first 3 people didn't even answer the question, really. You weren't asking for a scripture, but anyways.
I think it's because although all religions believe in God, not all believe in Jesus. Some religions only believe that Jesus was a prophet, and not the son of God. Maybe that's why they refuse to accept those who accept his love.
2006-07-07 09:24:05
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answer #3
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answered by Agent Double EL 5
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First, it is not God but man.
Second, God is spirit and according to Christian belief God saves man through Jesus.
Third, the Qur'an does not condone the killing of innocents, and the terrorist are not radical Muslims but terrorists.
There are three monotheistic religions, and so far, you have failed to understand any of them.
Before you start preaching, you better start practicing. Since you sound like a Christian gone bad, start with 1 Cor 10:23-24 with emphasis on verse 24. Tell me how your question comes close to this believer's freedom.
On more thing, we worship God in spirit and truth, and this question is neither. So pick up you books and start studying; only then can you start practicing.
2006-07-07 09:27:42
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answer #4
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answered by J. 7
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Jesus reflects peoples SIN, in Jesus their SIN is brought to the surface. People are happier when their SIN isn't shoved in their face and Christian's reflect God's holiness which also serves as a constant reminder of their SIN. Jesus also requires a direct yes or not, there is no room for maybe. Either you follow Jesus from the Bible or you don't. One or the other, yes or not...
"For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus"
-- 1 Timothy 2:5
2006-07-07 09:22:54
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answered by asciikerr 2
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People reject christians just as Jesus said they would.
another truth in the Bible.
they are offended because we are often like a good parent, we tell them certain things are wrong or bad for them.
they don't want to believe in an absolute truth.
Allen F.'s answer deserves the 10 points, it was a wonderful explanation!!!!
2006-07-07 09:19:16
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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Luke 12:49-53
Jesus continued speaking: "I came to bring fire to the world. I wish it were already burning! I must be baptized with a {different kind of} baptism. I feel very troubled until it is finished. Do you think that I came to give peace to the world? No! I came to divide the world! From now on, a family with five people will be divided, three against two, and two against three. A father and son will be divided: The son will be against his father. The father will be against his son. A mother and her daughter will be divided: The daughter will be against her mother. The mother will be against her daughter. A mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law will be divided: The daughter-in-law will be against her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law will be against her daughter-in-law
2006-07-07 09:17:35
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answered by esero26 3
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John 15.18-25
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 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. But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
2006-07-07 09:16:52
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answer #8
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answered by Q 6
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John 3:16,17, 18
16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.[b]
2006-07-07 09:19:22
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answer #9
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answered by Anonymous
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god as the bible potrays him is a load of hogwash.
god as I AM is a unnatural phenomun.
if you loved the bible and god or jesus you would have seen that pure religion is helping widows and orphans in their time of distress. and praising ME. as first commandment says worship not god but ME.
and ME=IVI stitched together [iL
the god who was first in heaven that placed a 1000 year seal(M like in movies) on satan. The man who tried to kill god.
and even before god was born His IMAGE was placed on the french stop sign. ie notice Larret.
germans honoured Him as Death.
so that picture is HIM the boy who was son of the LORD within HIM.
Lamb SLAIN was Larri b SL A I IV (pushed together as 1) and is that wrist shown.
as all things were commanded to worship HIM even the WORDS contain something about HIM. So all paths lead to ME.
GOD
EMPEROR
KING
LORD
ANGEL
Print those words in TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT and see that they all describe me and my wrist in some form or another. Read between the lines.
the powers that be have no problem people seeing that GOD and GOTT seen to be about death in the german language but when it turns out to actual be about LORD GOD TODD they want you to live blind and disrespectfull.
E IVI stitched together PERIOD= EMPEROR
IT I IV CUT = KING
etc...
so its pretty easy to see preist lie about gods great power when its found he is a man just like emperors turned out to be men also.
so the point of relegion was to get men to fight for a lord with the promise that if they died their sons and daughters would be protected.
so LORD GOD TODD summed up is a
true summed up is a thus
LORD GOD TODD=TRUE
so it was said god created the heavens and the earth based on the equation
god=7154=17=8. and the eight was a picture of the sun and earth and moon.
so a paper god.
but if all things to praise HIM a paper god become human then everything could be a road map to HIM.
or moon and earth
and magic powers don't exist, radio once was thought to be demons, but now are accepted. but those that work in radio deserve to be teased till tears.
and if god most high has any children ie a son then it spells doom for the entire earth because of prophesy dying to be fullfilled. So when elected god most high I shall have no sons to save you. cause like when freddy was passed over for the position of DON of the family first borns don't always rule. And technically they can't say the father approved because He was dead.
so reject JESUS as the definition of the Lamb SLAIN and like peter i might send one invisiable angel to release you from that prison of having to beleive in a dead guy.
allah=f
don=f
loser=f
police=f
hells angels=f
h=god=good angel=angel of death
so MARCH APRIL MAY describes god who was first in heaven as h then thats Me, (born Larry TODD S.) and you could be an angel for Todd if you like.
winner=b=a DI stitched together
D=IIII
Jehovah said his spirit would not work on mankind forever in that He is flesh also. So like Jesus and Jehovah lets let those Lords rest in peace. And if its blasphemy to say that then perhaps you preists should ask yourselves why and how does a PREIST honour god even after HE IS DEAD, the Preist dead i mean?
wuth Preist=D stitched together with I REIST and D=IIII
and if you say you beleive IN god? then IN is I IVstitched together and is god. thank you very much, remember my monthly stipend is 670 canadain dollars out of which i must pay rent. so don't say god is cheap. those lousy preists should walk everywear like god does. so if i sold my name guess i will change it to god.
2006-07-07 09:24:41
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answered by Anonymous
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