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Old 03-15-2015, 11:05 PM
 
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Yes, there is real Christian Persecution in America:,
but not in the way it is often spoken of.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerl...it-looks-like/
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Old 03-15-2015, 11:21 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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Christians, persecuting Christians. Appears, nothing has changed.
There's never a shortage when it comes to Crusaders.
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Old 03-16-2015, 03:05 AM
 
Location: On the brink of WWIII
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ZERO persecution from the community.


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Christians, persecuting Christians. Appears, nothing has changed.
There's never a shortage when it comes to Crusaders.
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Old 03-16-2015, 05:49 AM
 
Location: Somewhere
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There are still some American countries that are very religious.
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Old 03-17-2015, 12:25 AM
 
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Christians, persecuting Christians. Appears, nothing has changed.
There's never a shortage when it comes to Crusaders.
It has been this way down through the ages as we can read in the writings of the history of Christianity.

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Old 03-17-2015, 12:49 AM
 
Location: Red River Texas
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Decide to follow only the Holy days and traditions that God appointed and people will hate you.


People hate the Jews because they have been the only people throughout history that keep the commandments of God. Walk around as a Jew and life will be different, walk around as a person who sticks out like a sore thumb because he loves the commandments of God and Christians will come out of the woodworks to curse.

Keep only the 7 appointed visitation days of Christ and see how popular you remain.

Your family and friends will scoff at you and despise you saying,'' Look, a legalist Judaizer!''
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Old 03-17-2015, 01:17 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Decide to follow only the Holy days and traditions that God appointed and people will hate you.


People hate the Jews because they have been the only people throughout history that keep the commandments of God. Walk around as a Jew and life will be different, walk around as a person who sticks out like a sore thumb because he loves the commandments of God and Christians will come out of the woodworks to curse.

Keep only the 7 appointed visitation days of Christ and see how popular you remain.

Your family and friends will scoff at you and despise you saying,'' Look, a legalist Judaizer!''
This is the biggest bunch of bologna since Texas executed its last innocent criminal (was that last week, last month or last year? There have been so many by this "god fearing" state they tend to merge into one).

Telling Christians that following Christ is about letting people blow your building up and not declaring war and refraining from retaliation? That is radical and will get you killed.

Telling Christians they cannot accumulate wealth and be thought of as a follower of Christ? That is radical and will get you fired.

Telling Christians that loving your enemy means embracing homosexuals and celebrating their same sex marriage? That is abominable and will get you cast out of Bible believing churches.

Solution? Do those things anyway and don't go to churches advertising they are "bible believing."

In the process you might stumble over the Son of God on the same journey as you.
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Old 03-17-2015, 01:18 AM
 
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Decide to follow only the Holy days and traditions that God appointed and people will hate you.


People hate the Jews because they have been the only people throughout history that keep the commandments of God. Walk around as a Jew and life will be different, walk around as a person who sticks out like a sore thumb because he loves the commandments of God and Christians will come out of the woodworks to curse.

Keep only the 7 appointed visitation days of Christ and see how popular you remain.

Your family and friends will scoff at you and despise you saying,'' Look, a legalist Judaizer!''
Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
In time I believe many will begin Seeking to learn and know the 7 days. The Holy Spirit will guide them.
16Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 17And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them.…
Micah 4:2
Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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Old 03-17-2015, 02:07 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
In time I believe many will begin Seeking to learn and know the 7 days. The Holy Spirit will guide them.
16Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 17And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them.…
Micah 4:2
Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Keep on reading the rest of Micah. You'll eventually reach the singular message that it teaches--

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"He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

To do justly alone is not sufficient for a child of God; we must love mercy and do what it requires. Mercy comes from characteristics that include kindness, benevolence, and charity. Part of what mercy requires is to be willing to forgive the sins of others as God is willing to forgive our sins. It is this aspect of mercy through which our own salvation comes (Titus 3:5).

Homer Hailey suggests that "the 'good' that God requires is the doing of His will." To accomplish that a Christian must show every person a compassionate and warm-heartedness; and walk humbly in recognition of the absolute holiness of God by submitting to God through obedience to His desire and will (Hailey, A Commentary on the Minor Prophets, p. 214)

“Act justly” would have been understood by Micah’s audience as living with a sense of right and wrong. In particular, the judicial courts had a responsibility to provide equity and protect the innocent. Injustice was a problem in Israel at that time (Micah 2:1-2; 3:1-3; 6:11).

“Love mercy” contains the Hebrew word hesed, which means “loyal love” or “loving-kindness.” Along with justice, Israel was to provide mercy. Both justice and mercy are foundational to God’s character (Psalm 89:14). God expects His people to show love to their fellow man and to be loyal in their love toward Him, just as He had been loyal to them (Micah 2:8-9; 3:10-11; 6:12).
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Old 03-17-2015, 02:46 AM
 
Location: Atlanta's Castleberry Hill
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Please someone talking about you does not even approach the level of persecution foreigners face internationally.
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