Patience, John. Patience. J
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Judgment?
In a message dated 9/25/2004 4:31:46 AM Pacific Daylight
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13 "(11)
Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that
leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
14 "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life,
and there are few who find it.
15 "Beware of the (12)
false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are (13)
ravenous wolves.
16 "You will (14)
know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs
from thistles, are they?
17 "So (15)
every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 "A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree
produce good fruit.
19 "(16)
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 "So then, you will know them (17)
by their fruits.
21 "(18)
Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
22 "(19)
Many will say to Me on (20)
that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast
out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?'
23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; (21)
DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'--Jesus
A far to simple answer for the circustance described below, don't you think?
(From a pervious post)
And then we have those who do not and will never "know
better." They are those stunted by unenlightened teaching,
superstitions, genuine deftness (for whatever reason) to the gospel message
(i.e. the pagan Gentile in Romans, chapter two and the Buddhist in
some unnamed island off the coast of India) , diet deficiencies,
genetics related stupidity, cultural confusion (i.e. the American Indian and
the Crenshaw Ave gang member), emotional instabilities and the very poor living
examples of those who do claim the name of our Lord (the adulterous Teacher,
the perverted youth counselor, the thief in sheep's clothing, the
Christen couch potato who knows better).
John
