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To: Fairview
For these people are those who most need help, and they are also the ones most likely to attract danger.

Yes, and there's nothing wrong with wanting to help our fellow man. But that's become the main focus of so many churches today; and it's a straw man. God's commission to His church on earth was to go forth and baptizing the world into His family of believers; not being a good Samaritan. Being that good Samaritan is part of it, sure, but it's not to be the focus.

Once we lose sight of God's purpose through us, we begin substituting our will for His. And where does that lead us?

142 posted on 12/11/2007 7:29:58 AM PST by bcsco ("The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration.")
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To: bcsco
God's commission to His church on earth was to go forth and baptizing the world into His family of believers; not being a good Samaritan. Being that good Samaritan is part of it, sure, but it's not to be the focus.

On the other hand, how are you going to bring troubled people to God and baptize them if you don't let them in the church because you don't want to hire security? Do you see where your position logically leads? Do only happy, well-balanced, safe people get to go to church? With that doctrine you start having to exclude people from a church service because they're alcoholics or former drug addicts or other types of sinners. That is surely not what Jesus, Who dined with sinners, wanted us to do.

223 posted on 12/11/2007 10:11:08 AM PST by Fairview (Taxes? I paid those -last- year!)
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