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NASB | Luke 24:31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 24:31 Then their eyes were [suddenly] opened [by God] and they [clearly] recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. |
Subject: ever neccessary/permissable to deceit? |
Bible Note: Mr. Edb, in answer to your question, are we trusting God to make the way to spread the gospel or are we doing it our way, please allow me to first ask you some. My questions will "help explain my position." Thank you. Sir, do you believe in missionary works? What gospel-hungry countries do you know that “invites” missionaries to come as missisonaries? China "invites teachers" by advertisement to come and live in their land to teach her people English. Many Christians have accepted. And you don't HAVE to "be" a teacher to be accepted. Are they “underhanded” because "non-teachers" go as teachers TO share the Gospel, using, as a tool, English books and Bibles? My friends are trusting God to make the way for them to spread the gospel. The way He made is for them to get into those countries to teach English. They don’t “volunteer” that information to immigration with a, “Oh, by the way, we really are only accepting this position because we want to teach them about Jesus, the Son of God." Telling the truth ALWAYS means – Don’t lie. However, it doesn’t mean one HAS to tell the WHOLE truth. Jesus always told the truth. AND, often He HELD back from the WHOLE truth, because His time was not yet come. Has anybody I’ve used in my "examples" lied? I have “crossed” many different borders over many years. None by lying, BUT every single one by not “spilling my guts.” To enter Mexico AS a missionary IS illegal. To enter Mexico to help build a church – isn’t illegal. We “enter” Mexico to "help" build churches, (and we do) and WHILE THERE we share the gospel, pass out Bibles, pray for the sick, clothe and feed the poor, play with the kids, and love on the people. Like Samuel going to anoint a king, we do what we go for – be a missionary. Because of the “Sauls in Mexico” (leaders of the land) we tell “Saul” the truth - we are going to build a Church. We CAN BE “deceptive to the enemy of the Gospel” without lying, as we follow the many examples that were written for our INSTRUCTION – His word. Like, when the communist border guards ask about Bibles, they are shown one, then when asked if we have more, they are shown another one. Is it lying to insinuate that two is MORE than one? Where, pray tell is the "lie"? Was it wrong, during Mao’s horrific reign, to “smuggle” in TONS of little red Bibles, the size and shape of “Mao’s little red book”? Do you have ANY idea how fast the Gospel spread in that strict anti-god country – during Mao’s reign of terror? The astronomical figures are still breathtaking. Should we have kept the Bibles out – because the only way in was “deceptive”? Or should they have been big black Bibles, so as not to "deceive" the authorities into thinking "everyone is reading Mao"? His Word declares about doors that ONLY He can open. Why only Him? Because not ALL “doors” have hinges. Some places, concerning the Gospel, are WALLS. Well, PTL, 2 Sam 22:30 gives us permission, as a soldier in God’s army, fighting against the enemy of darkness, to “LEAP OVER THE WALL”. We don’t go empty handed. We bring the “light of His Word” to ward off the darkness. This portion of Scripture tells us to enter it “deceptively” – if I can use that phrase. :) If one wants the “world” to know – go through the front gate. If you don’t want the world to know – “leap over the wall”. Perhaps the "phrase" decepive concerns you. What would YOU call God's tactic for "underminding" the tacics of the Satan? I appreciate your "concern". It is very understandable. I trust you appreciate what so many are doing to bring His Word to the world. |