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Originally Posted by David in Christ
What do you mean by this?Most christians have read the bible cover to cover.
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David you are young in Christ. Few read the Bible carefully, but just about all those who do can give you a pretty accurate account as to how many times they have read it. As if the number of times one reads Scripture makes up for the great number of failures to put it into practice in their own lives.
For awhile on the Christian thread it went around and around about the six clobber verses regarding homosexual acts. There was thread after thread started because, in effect, the world was coming to an end because a pitifully small number of gays were going to get the right to marry. There were claims it would "weaken" traditional marriages. (I have yet to hear any poster report his marriage ended because gays are getting married).
But for those six verses there are around 3000 that talk about justice and mercy, caring for strangers (sojourners from other lands), taking care of orphans and widows, etc. No one is interested in talking about 500 times as many verses that command, instruct, and warn us regarding how we treat the poor.
It's as if God felt it necessary to instruct us 500 times more about what we should do because He sees into our hearts that we really are more about instructing other people about what they shouldn't do.
Think on that awhile--and be sure to point it out to your SS teacher and pastor anytime they begin talking about the sin of those outside the church.