Are we more afraid of offending people than offending God?

Question

When we take a stance for righteousness, it will offend people!

Mathew 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying Tell us when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your COMING, and the END of the AGE?

Vs. 10 goes on to say, And then many will be OFFENDED, will betray one another and will hate one another

Answer 1

That's a pretty elaborate untenable excuse for bad behavior.

When believers stand up for what's right, nonbelievers stand with them. It's when believers stand up for what's wrong and call it right that you get the resistance.

It's ridiculous for you to suggest that being Christian makes it hard to get along socially. If you people spent just one day living life as non-Christians, you'd see how pampered you are.

Answer 2

Proverbs 18:19 states "A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle." In this day and age the mere mention of God offends people, as you can see by the answers to this question. Stay strong in the faith man.

Answer 3

Its been said that "it is easier to talk to God and man than it is to talk to man about God." And wow, isn't that the way it is. Through reading the Bible, it is pretty clear that the message of the Gospel will offend people. But is must be preached, as Christians we are commanded to preach the Gospel (see Mark 16:15). I forget where I got this quote from, but it was from a famous preacher in the past, he said "where ever the Gospel is preached 2 things will happen; either people will get mad, or they will get converted."

Answer 4

Yes, definitely!

Not long ago, the word 'tolerance' meant 'bearing or putting up with someone or something not especially liked'. However, now the word has been redefined to 'all values, all beliefs, all lifestyles, all truth claims are equal'.1 Denying this makes a person 'intolerant', and thus worthy of contempt.

Where does this leave Christians? Jesus said,

'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me' (John 14:6).

And the apostle Peter said,

'It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved' (Acts 4:10-12).

The new definition of 'tolerance' makes the Christian claims to exclusivity 'intolerant', which supposedly justifies much of the anti-Christianity in the media and the education system.

But this argument is glaringly illogical and self-refuting. That is, if these 'tolerance' advocates reject Christianity, then they are not treating this belief as 'equal'. So, in practice, to paraphrase George Orwell in Animal Farm, all beliefs are equal, but some beliefs are more equal than others. The result is extreme intolerance towards Christianity from people who talk so much about tolerating all views. In short, they are intolerant of intolerance, so logically they should be intolerant of themselves!

Answer 5

Yes. I agree completely. Another prophecy fulfilled. Since when did God tell us to tolerate other gods and evil practices, and accept them? Didn't He tell us to warn them about such evil things? If they take offense, then they do not wish to know God. That is their choice. But if they think we are going to stop spreading the Gospel because it offends them, they are very wrong. I fear God more than I fear any man or person on this earth.

Answer 6

I feel and I speak for my friends who are here also, that if you truly love God you are not easily offended.I will offend anyone anytime human or otherwise but I will think twice about cussing when I pray. I am proud of my God and I hope I meet someone who has the guts to tell me I offend them with how I live my life. please find someone to help you understand the Bible.

Answer 7

i do no longer think that atheists are afriaid of God/gods. they're basically pissed off of the individuals who have faith in them, no longer the genuinely beings themselves. does not you be aggravated around people who're over-obsessive over faith? If somebody went as much as you and commenced arguing that Santa Claus exists, applying unsuitable info and good judgment for the period of the entire argument, maximum in all danger you're able to start to evade suggested guy or woman. And, on the grounds that such human beings could basically finally end up going out of their thank you to pester you, i think of it could get stressful especially immediately. As for taking offence from it, i think of being informed that technology is thoroughly incorrect and which you're incorrect approximately each and every thing, in spite of the actuality which you have info on your argument at the same time as your opponent does not, finally ends up being offensive. at the same time as you could't be offended by potential of "no longer something," you're able to be offended by potential of the individuals who have faith in suggested "no longer something" and sense the compelling might desire to pester you approximately changing your ideals.

Answer 8

By definition, God cannot be offended, that is a being that can be offended by humans isn't God. God can be disappointed though. So yes.

Answer 9

I'm not afraid of offending God, because the chances are he doesn't exist. And I'm willing to take my chances. I am a confident, relentless seeker of truth, and my reading of the bible (especially that hallucinatory drivel Revelation) compels me to look elsewhere!
If that offends God, then so be it. If God is really what you claim, there should be enough love for even a skeptical atheist such as myself. And if God doesn't have it in his heart to accept my skepticism, then he doesn't deserve the title of God.

Answer 10

The Athiest posts on this question are so funny and show a complete lack of reading comprehension and logic.

Thank you for exposing them! (I am still laughing...I cannot stop)