How Do You Show Love To Believers of Other Denominations?

[BlessedPeace]

Surprisingly AJ, God's revelation of himself is not one of 'superior' as you say.....and contrary to human reason as revealed in Jesus, he seeks out the lost and to the alarm of those who desire a dominating self willed God, he submits....even to the point of death. This is Grace on a level unimaginable to the pretentiously pious human heart.

Grace is not licence but it is freedom. Don't you do what you like? Didn't Adam and Eve do what they liked?......and if we push the idea further, various pagan nations through history and even Israel for that matter sacrificed their children in ways we would find totally abhorrent yet God's freedom given them allowed even this.

Did he approve of it? of course not. The pain he suffered in seeing his creatures whom he had given choice to, no doubt tore his heart and continues to tear it while we observe the recalcitrant behaviour of our fellows from comfortable arm chairs and convenient electronic communication.

This begs the question, was it God who drowned the antediluvians? Well, Moses who we understand wrote the record seems to think so but when I look at how Jesus behaved towards those who stuck their fingers up his nose and did all sorts of unimaginable things to him which are not recorded, (to the point where scripture tells us he was hardly recognisable as a human being) a different picture emerges.

If one wants to use the OT perspectives of how the folk who wrote the scriptures understood God to be, we fall at odds with the testimony of Jesus. Consider the story of the Prodigal Son, one which Jesus coined (not borrowed) to relay the attitude of his Father....and the attitude of his older brother.

It seems to me that largely, the OT peoples view of God is preferred by most in NT times yet somehow these same folk use Jesus as a rubber stamp to sanction their 'correct' view of the OT ideas of God's character.

I see Jesus as the full revelation of the character and attitude of God towards the messed up inhabitants of this planet and as a result a different picture than that of a God itching for his pound of flesh and of his heart emerges.
I would go so far as to assert, that unless we see Jesus we will, according to our sinful nature, tar God with the attributes of evil.....and would add, that is how clever that former shining angel has been to influence our understanding of God.

You seem to not want to accept what is in the OT.

I don't think you can criticize others given that.

 

[face2face]

I would say it is you who have created a god in your image as has the rest of humanity.

And you alone know Him?

 

[Gottservant]

A favourite saying of mine is "we [the Bride of Christ] all die for the Lord"

Something else that helps is to remember "understanding that everyone is right for their own reasons, is a blessed moral stance".

 

[CC7799]

Ephesians chapter 5, we are to expose fruits of darkness. I'm not knocking churches down.

Corinthians chapter 3 . Apostates broke away from foundation of Christ,y formed denominations.

Is it sound doctrine or false doctrine.

1 Timothy chapter 6
If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness.

Example. Rapture is false doctrine. I would not stay in church that teaches that.

1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every Spirit, but test the Spirit to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Teaching traditions of men and false doctrine.
Replacing heathen Easter over Christian passover.
Teaching rapture
Lying about what happened in garden of Eden
What teach about repentance
Won't teach old testament or revelation
Deny Jesus was.crucified in the flesh
Won't teach who kenites are
Example.

Gain Sayers and heretic's roaming ..
They serve Satan. Goal is division and distort God's word.

Satan doesn't want spiritual growth. Dead congregation works just fine for Lucifer.

Jeremiah chapter 5

An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land, the prophets prophesy falsely, and the Priests rule at there direction, my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes.

Satan as false Messiah will come 6th Trump. Christian people need gospel of armour of Ephesians chapter 6. To stand for Jesus, and not worship antichrist.

The wimps banking on the rapture will rollover for false Messiah. Too lazy to study or enjoy fruit cake preachers who rub them right Way.

It's written in Timothy, to warn, admonish, rebuke.

Christian people might have to practice tough love on those who insist on listening to misguided preachers.

If they don't want to listen. Let them go to sheol. Mabey going All the Way to bottom. Mabey, they will wise up, give up there false religion.
God won't tolerate false brethren or false religion.

Matthew chapter 7

Not everyone will enter kingdom of heaven. Those who do will of God. Sound doctrine. Repentance

Titus chapter 1

He must hold firm to the trust worthy word as taught, so that he mabey able to give instruction in Sound Doctrine and also Rebuke those who contradict it.

Man of God isn't catering to wimps who needs rapture. Or to coddle false brethren who try to distort God's word, and cause division. Can't be tolerated.

Paul wrote Corinthians, to instruct them to get false brethren out of their church !!!

Clean house !!

I won't sugar coat Gods word and won't apologize for telling you the truth.

Peace.