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NASB | Matthew 11:11 "Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 11:11 "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater [in privilege] than he. |
Subject: God and gods? |
Bible Note: Hello Tim; I've prayed and thought hard about responding to your note. For some reason it has desturbed me greatly. Please don't take this wrong. I sat on the outside and watched this whole episode of "Pointing him to the truth." I did not say that you should let them have free reign to say or teach whatever they want. My concern was how the forum responded to him. Since Bradk mentioned it here is one of the rules of the forum, " You agree to interact with each other in a Christian spirit, with respect and grace." Does this just pertaint to belivers or is everyone who logs on entitled the same respect and grace? Perhaps you should go back and reread ALL the posting toward ralph2 forget the ones he sent just look how the forum responded. If all that was pointed in my direction there is no way I would consider it love. Put yourself in his place would you consider it love. Would you consider it "pointing him to the truth." When a JW has the boldness to come to a forum like this and "strut his stuff" he is not looking to convert anyone, and the chance of converting him are practically non existent. He is only here to puff himself up and walk away with thoughts of "I did battle with the forces of darkness and have prevailed. I have come away still holding to the truth" And that is exactly what happened. The forum gave him what he wanted. He went away victorious while the christians showed themselves to be unloving and intolerant. At least thats his view. And from my vantage point he would have been right. I am not saying that you should let such a major error go unchallenged or maybe I should say unanswered or that we should tolerate false doctrine. But there has got to be a better way of responding to these guys than what I saw here. Perhaps when a JW surfaces the forum could designate one maybe two at the most people to enlighten him without drowning him in a sea of posts showing him how his beliefs are heretical etc. Perhaps you could do it, out of all the posting yours and Zsuzi's were the most curtious and respectful inspite of what ralph2 said. I have gained a great deal of respect for both of you because of this. Sincerely in love |