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NASB | Matthew 5:44 "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:44 "But I say to you, love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, [Prov 25:21, 22] |
Bible Question:
Why are Christians so scared to denounce militant Islam? I received a commentary about Islam needing denouncing, esp by Muslims if they think what the militants do is wrong and received varying responses but usually went like this: Islam must be fought, not with weapons of war, but with the weapons of righteousness that we carry in the right hand and the left. Love thy enemy. Feed him, and bring burning coals upon his head. These people are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. *** If these people are slamming planes into bldgs, killing innocents children, etc, we are supposed to love and feed them instead of going to war against them? I don't seriously think saying I love you, Jesus loves you, let's share a hotdog is going to stop the killings, which is what must be stopped. We're not talking individual reachout, this is more on widespread govt basis. What am I missing here??? |
Bible Answer: Norrie You and I have talked about this before and as I said then I will say again. The biggest problem is ignorance. Most Christians don't know what they believe let alone what a Muslim believes. Most people today have no understanding of Christianity or Islam other than what they receive from TV, Radio, and Movies. And that doesn't mean their listening to news programs or intelligent talk commentators. No they are learning their information from SNL, Mad TV or Michael Moore movies their listening to junk spewed by Howard Stern, Don Immus or Bubba the Love sponge. They don’t know the word Islam unless it was used in a joke putting Christians down. It is said that a very high percentage of Christian have never read the Bible through. If they don’t care enough to find out what God really said what makes us think they are going to care about Islam? EdB |