Biblical Forgiveness and Love
By David J. Stewart
Proverb 10:12, “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”
It is sad and tragic how much misinformation, unfounded allegations, slander and hate is spread under the pretense of good intentions. Proverb 10:12 teaches that hatred “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.” Say what you will, it is pure hatred that fuels the continuous rehashing and bashing of Christians in online forums and on Wikipedia. Please read, Wikipedia Lies, Slander Continue.
There is so much hatred, strife and bitterness in many people's hearts nowadays. In a nation that has murdered over 50,000,000 precious children by abortion, it does not surprise me that the same society would kill its living as well. We survive in a dog-eat-dog culture of slander, manure-spreading and malicious smear campaigns. The saddest thing is that many professed Christians are no better than than Godless heathens who are filled with hatred.
None other hateful mob lynching exists than the persistent attack against Dr. Jack Hyles and his son Dave Hyles. America owes a debt of gratitude to Pastor Jack Hyles that cannot be expressed in words. Thank you Dr. Hyles!
It's so typical of a heathen society to jump on the bandwagon, without knowing the facts, nor having any proof of allegations, believing what they hear without verification. Acts 19:30-32, “And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and THE MORE PART KNEW NOT WHEREFORE THEY WERE COME TOGETHER.” A few hateful enemies of the Apostle Paul incited a large mob of people to cry our against him, and the Bible says most of them didn't even know why they were there. That is exactly what has happened against Dr. Jack Hyles and his son. A few hateful enemies of Dr. Hyles' successful 55 year ministry and uncompromising stand for God, have incited many people to attack and slander him and his loved ones, being totally ignorant of the truth of the matter.
Some of the most bitterest Christians in world lurk in online forums, slandering everyone they don't like. People need to shut up! That is the Devil working. The Apostle Paul was a struggling sinner (1st Corinthians 7:14-25). There is not a Christian alive who is without sin (1st John 1:10). Jesus said to the religious, self-righteous, hypocrites in John 8:7, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” Put your stones down! Independent Fundamentalists are some of the worst hypocrites, hiding behind a cloak of righteous indignation. The last I checked, Romans 3:23 indicts all humanity as being sinful. There's is a gang of religious thugs in churches today, and on the internet, who go around assassinating the spiritually wounded. They have nothing better to do with their time than to post retarded opinions about other people's faults, in forums owned and operated by heathens, which fraudulently pretend to be Christian.
Few Christians understand just how sinful we all are in God's eyes. James 2:10, “Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all...” Committing even one sin makes us guilty of all sins. This is because even one sin is enough to send us into the Lake of Fire forever. No sinner can enter into Heaven without being born-again (John 3:5). We are saved solely by Christ's righteousness (2nd Corinthians 5:21). And a good thing, for we have no self-righteousness of our own to offer God (Isaiah 64:6).
I wish all of the online forums would disappear, because they're just being used to slander, disrespect and further assassinate the character of fellow brethren. God hates sowing discord amongst brethren (Proverb 6:19). There's way too much unnecessary fighting in America's churches today. Exposing the wicked who publicly parade their sins and publicly attempt to justify evil need to be exposed (Ephesians 5:11); however, it is wrong for anyone to condemn or publicly berate a Christians who falters on a personal level. Matthew 6:15, “But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
The Bible says in James 4:12, “There is one Lawgiver, Who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?” When you point the finger, there are 3 fingers coming back at you. Every believer has doddled at times in life. No one is worthy of anything. We all deserve to plunge immediately into Hell because of our wickedness. Who are we to judge anyone? Only a self-righteous hypocrite would accuse someone of doddling. We have all come short of God's righteousness (Romans 3:23). That's why Jesus came to pay our sin debt! Jesus came to make things right, because we cannot. In John 16:33, Jesus encouraged us to be of good cheer, because He has overcome this wicked world.
The U.S. Constitution deems a citizen innocent until proven guilty. Tragically, in today's sicko American society a person is guilty until proven innocent, which is impossible. Any society that legalizes abortion and homosexual marriage is sick. The stigma sticks. Once you're accused, true or not, you have been labeled for life. An accused person might as well have the mark of Cain upon them (Genesis 4:15). This is a horrible injustice in America, which exists because of the wickedness of our nation. What do we expect from a nation that honors witches!
The newsmedia, your enemies, Wikipedia and the cesspool of online forums will make sure to spread every negative, defamatory and injurious detail and remark ever made about you. This is especially true for anyone of high profile, such as a celebrity or famous minister. Dr. Hyles changed a nation for God, turning many to righteousness! It is not surprising that so many ingrates have attacked Dr. Hyles, when you consider that Jesus Christ Himself is still under constant attack even 2,000 years after He walked this earth . . .
In Matthew 27:63, evil men called Jesus a liar and a deceiver. In John 7:20 and John 8:52, evil men called Jesus demon-possessed. In John 10:20, evil men called Jesus crazy. In John 8:41, evil men called Jesus a bastard.
Nearly 2,000 years after Jesus walked this earth, evil men today still portray the Savior as being an adulterer, a conspirator, a bastard, crazy, a homosexual, a fraud and a liar.
Whom do you say Jesus is—Liar, lunatic or Lord? Jesus is precious!
Jesus never sinned even once (2nd Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15). Jesus was holy and perfect in every way. Yet, His enemies found enough fault in Him to nail Him to a cross and kill Him. If they did that to our Lord and Savior, prey tell me, what do you think our enemies will do to us?
Many people today are being unjustly attacked on the basis of unsubstantiated hearsay. Just because your house is on fire and your neighbor is holding a gas can, doesn't mean that your neighbor set your house on fire. America has become insane with accusing each other.
At the time of hurricane Katrina, over 4,000 of 7,500 inmates had never even been charged in court (shocking video). Some people were imprisoned for nothing more than j-walking. Many prisoners didn't even know why they were arrested. Due to a lack of city funds in New Orleans, many inmates were locked up for several months, when they should have been released in just a few days. This type of injustice has saturated America. Anybody can say anything about anyone, and then you end up in the court system and prison. It is one's fundamental Constitutional right to be deemed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
This 57-year old man ran a red light on a bicycle, and the cops bashed his front teeth out on the sidewalk and brutally beat him. The cops lied in court and they proved it. America has become insane! The newsmedia will eat their young by distorting the facts, misrepresenting the truth and mercilessly destroying people's lives. If it's reported by the newsmedia, it must be true, right? It is sad, but true, people gullibly believe whatever they hear, true or false. And they will condemn you to Hell for the rest of your life, enraged with hatred and bitterness; because they know not God the Father, nor Jesus Christ. To revel in the calamity of others is wickedness. Proverb 17:5, “Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.” It is sinful to rejoice in the woes of others. We have become a sick-minded nation that is glad to see death, atrocity and evil. Think On These Things.
It's been nearly 2,000 years and yet so many people today hate Jesus, and still try to find fault with Him, just as the wicked Pharisees did. Many historians wickedly try to uncover some detail under some rock that will discredit the Lord Jesus, shame His testimony and destroy His credibility. Try as they may, they have failed, and so they fabricate every malicious lie about the precious Savior.
So what do you think our enemies will say about us? While the righteous expose the wicked for parading their sins publicly, and for attempting to publicly justify their wickedness; the wicked pry under every rock, maliciously plotting against the righteous, monitoring our every move with a magnifying glass, just waiting for any fault or sin that they can use to destroy our name, assassinate our character and discredit our work for God. Our intent is good; their intent is evil.
If this sinful world found fault, where there was no fault, in our precious Lord and Savior and nailed Him to a cross; then you can be assured that they will nail us to a cross as well when we are less than perfect. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
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