Jesus Genealogies
Bryce Anderson bryce_anderson@yahoo.com
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 21:41:59 -0800 (PST) (00914326919, 19981222054159.25388.rocketmail@send106.yahoomail.com)
> >TILL
> >There you are, Carl. Hitler wasn't a "real Christian." You're
fairly
> >new
> >to the list as also Michael is, so I should tell you to expect this
> >answer
> >from Christians on the list any time you mention the atrocities that
> >have
> >been left in the wake of Christianity. The Salem witch trials?
Well,
> >those
> >who conducted the trials weren't real Christians. The inquisition?
> >Those
> >who conducted the inquisition weren't real Christians.
> >
> >See how it works? We always have to have a Michael Fitzpatrick tell
> >us who
> >the real Christians were.
> >
>
> BROTHER MICHAEL
> Farrell, you should be grateful that you have me to tell you who
> the real Christians were!
BRYCE
I, for one, am overjoyed to have someone blessed with the insight
and perspicacity to give such straightforward and clear answers to
what I once thought was an insoluble question. Brother Michael's bold
and simple answers have inspired me to start giving my own bold and
simple answers.
BROTHER MICHAEL
Seriously though, you must admit that anybody
> can do anything whatsoever--no matter how evil or wicked--and call
> themselves a real Christian. So I must raise the question: Is there
any
> objective way to define who is and who is not a Christian?
BRYCE
Bold and simple answer: Nope.
BROTHER MICHAEL
Surely our
> Lord Jesus Christ, the author and founder of our faith should be
listened
> to as the Supreme Authority in this matter, as we decide this
important
> matter.
BRYCE
I would disagree. Paul had a much greater influence on the
theology of early Christianity than Christ ever did. We should ask
Paul.
BROTHER MICHAEL
A number of tests are given in the NT Scriptures (I am quoting
> these from memory):
> 1) By this shall all men know that you are My disciples if you have
love
> for one another.
> 2) By their fruits you shall know them.
> 3) You are My friends if you do whatsoever I command you to do.
> 4) The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace.
> 5) Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.
> 6) Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth.
> 7) Blessed are those who do His commandments for they shall have
access
> to the tree of life.
> 8) Faith without (good) works is dead.
> 9) A good tree can not bring forth bad fruit nor can a bad tree bring
> forth good fruit.
>
> Listen to me, world out there, anyone anywhere who hates or despises
> anyone for whatever reason shall not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.
BRYCE
Umm. . . may I throw in a word edgewise? Okay, thank you.
Point number 10:
(Luke 14:26)
26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and
wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life
also, he cannot be my disciple.
If I
> am found on Judgement day with anything other than the most fervent
love
> for Farrell Till and the other infidels on this list, my soul is in
> danger of damnation and hellfire. That is right--fervent love, even if
> they NEVER convert. UTMOST FERVENT LOVE even if I should become
utterly
> convinced that they will NEVER convert. Conversion to Christ is
> conversion to utmost fervent love or IT IS NOTHING!!
> COMPASSIONATELY in the LOVE AND TRUTH beyond all loves and truths in
> Christ Jesus our Lord,
>
>
> Brother Michael
BRYCE
Feel free to love Farrell all you want, but start working on
really loathing your parents.
INTELLECTUALLY, and in the HOKINESS that supersedes all things CORNY
or CHEEZY,
==
Bryce Anderson
http://members.tripod.com/~Idafab/index.html
Thus spake Nostradamus: "Two nations shall go to war. One shall lose." What a remarkable prediction of the Spanish-American War!
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