Posted on 07/11/2011 11:45:12 AM PDT by lbryce
Glenn Beck was given a unique opportunity on Monday while visiting Israel: he delivered a rousing speech before the Jewish version of congress, called the Knesset.
“Where you go, I shall go, Your people is my people, your God is my God,” Beck said, quoting the book of Ruth while addressing the Knesset Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee.
“As a man who also worships the one God, in the times that we live in, it is clear that what is going on is God’s work. If we are silent, evil will win. But if we stand up and take charge, God will do the rest,” he added, according to the Jerusalem Post.
He also encouraged members to reach out to those of other faiths:
“If you go to a synagogue, reach out to a church. If you go to a church, reach out to a JCC. Say, will you watch this with me? After that we’ll talk and eat and get to know one another.”
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The reply the mod deleted at my request (My own reply) made it sound like I didn't believe in Jesus and nothing could have been farther from the truth. If the mod hadn't deleted it for me, I'd still be 'splainin' myself.
The Pope himself was credited -- by an Israeli diplomat! -- with saving 860,000 Jews. Does that sound like "nothing" to you?
The reply the mod deleted at my request (My own reply) made it sound like I didn't believe in Jesus and nothing could have been farther from the truth. If the mod hadn't deleted it for me, I'd still be 'splainin' myself.
You have bought a vengeful lie. Please become more informed: Pius XII and the Holocaust.
And how is it that the Pope thinks he can forgive sins,when scripture is plain that only God can forgive sins.
Yes, Scripture is very plain regarding the authority given the Church:
From the Old Testament:
Lev 5:5 When a man is guilty in any of these, he shall confess the sin he has committed, and he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord for the sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.
Note that the offering is made through the priest for the atonement of the sin. God trained His people to later understand their commission. Though the priest did not forgive the sin on behalf of the penitent, he is providing the form for the forgiveness. Authority to forgive came through Christ.
From the New Testament:
Matt 9:6 "But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--he then said to the paralytic --"Rise, take up your bed and go home." And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men."
Notice how scripture says that such authority had been given to men. This is significant and is not merely a coincidence. It is acknowledging that this authority from God may reside in man. Later, God fulfills this commission...
John 20:21 Jesus said to them, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
2 Cor 5:17 Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
James 5:16 Therefore confess you sins to one another…
Matt 18:18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
May God bless you.
Dude! Nazis rejected Christianity. You should read more history, a good place to start is read a copy of the Hitler Youth Hand Book which made no effort to hide their intent to remove Christianity from Germany and the rest of the world. Those who lead millions of there fellow humans to their executions were NOT Christians.
Remember, it was "Christians" that that hid Jews from the Nazis, it was "Christians" that laid down their lives to stop Hitler and it was "Christians" who defeated the Reich.
John 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
Matthew 18:18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Luke 10:16 “He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
Don't get all worked up over it.
You might find the links on my profile useful in your search for truth. May God bless you in your search... Seek and you will find!
Look, if it weren't for the almost limitless human capacity to tolerate cognitive dissonance, most of so-called civilization would grind to a halt with the populace curled into fetal balls... /g
One of the deciding factors was that the Reich had already gone to the Church and offered to "trade Jews" for verbal support from the church. Something that Pope Pius XII wept over when the "Jew laws" were being passed in Italy. The fear was that Hitler would offer to "trade Jews" for land, peace, a cease fire, etc., something that the Allies could never accept. They were also afraid that if they bombed the camps that Hitler would either use it as propaganda that the "Allies killed the Jews" or realize that we knew what he was doing and would speed up the executions.
I'm sure the debate over whether or not we could have done more to stop the Holocaust can go on forever but personally I believe that Roosevelt was right, the best way to stop it was to win the war.
It's a great book and it talks about the attacks on the Catholic church by Hitler including all of the monks that were murdered after the Church denounced Nazism.
You need to re-read your history books. Hitler was very Pagan in his beliefs. He only gave very shallow lip service to a small part of Christianity.
There is no greater barrier to the truth, than the belief that you already have it.
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His disconnect is a mystery to me, but I take from him that which is good, trying hard to rightly divide the truth. I have never heard him say anything that would hinder one becoming a Christian, if he did it went right over my head.
Glenn has opened a lot worm cans and they have been enlightening to me but engendered a lot of hate in others. I guess truth always foments hate, it certainly was evident on the day that Christ was crucified.
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