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You've created a system. From all the right angles, it's flawless. As innocent as a child's sing-a-long.
Jesus loves me this I know, for the bible tells me so.
You teach it like a text book.
And yet you're so good at outwardly displaying enmity.
It's no wonder that they all feel the same hatred towards you;
Abhorrence emanates off of you.
They learn it from you.
How can you hate someone who is worthy of Christ's love and sacrifice, just as you are? How can you rejoice over the slaughter of a human life? What makes you think we have the right to adjudicate what we think is justice?
Have you forgotten everything that you claim to be?
Christ came to show us to love and thus defeat the enemy. And yet, in so many ways you aid the enemy, all in the name of your God.
As I recall, Jesus preferred to spend his time here with sinners and tax collectors. Why is it so different for you?
"You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?" -Matthew 5:43-48
And yet you're so good at outwardly displaying enmity.
It's no wonder that they all feel the same hatred towards you;
Abhorrence emanates off of you.
They learn it from you.
How can you hate someone who is worthy of Christ's love and sacrifice, just as you are? How can you rejoice over the slaughter of a human life? What makes you think we have the right to adjudicate what we think is justice?
Have you forgotten everything that you claim to be?
Christ came to show us to love and thus defeat the enemy. And yet, in so many ways you aid the enemy, all in the name of your God.
As I recall, Jesus preferred to spend his time here with sinners and tax collectors. Why is it so different for you?
"You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?" -Matthew 5:43-48
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