There are a lot of misconceptions about genuine Christians.
One of the primary ones I have come across is that speaking out against sins means that you are trying to force Christianity down people's throats, and that you think of yourself as superior to others, and that you hate people who are different from you.
Genuine Christians acknowledge that we all are sinners, both Christians, and non-Christians, that engaging in sinful behavior has bad consequences for our bodies and our lives, and if anyone does not repent before they die they will end up being permanently separated from Jesus Christ, and end up in a very awful place called hell, which no one can escape from unless Jesus Christ himself intervenes.
It is with all the above knowledge and understanding that genuine Christians do everything to try and prevent the above, to prevent people from destroying themselves, and ending up in hell in the process.
So when genuine Christians speak out against sins it is because we have the responsibility to do so. We don't want anybody to end up in hell which is the worst outcome for anybody.
This is why we preach, teach, and speak out against sins. It is not easy to do so though, because people don't understand what we are trying to do, and the realities of hell and the spiritual world.
As Christians we are always mindful of the fact also that we are too are sinners, we too have sinned and will sin, and we need to depend on Jesus Christ every day so that we can also avoid hell.
If somebody is a Christian, turns away from Jesus Christ, and does not repent before death, that person will end up in hell also.
I am reminded of the following scriptures
Matthew 10 verse 26-28
[26] Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
[27] What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
[28] And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
In the bible Matthew 22 verses 34 to 40 states
[34] But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
[35] Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
[36] Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
[37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
[38] This is the first and great commandment.
[39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Revelation 21 verse 6-8
[6] And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
[7] He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
[8] But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
One of the primary ones I have come across is that speaking out against sins means that you are trying to force Christianity down people's throats, and that you think of yourself as superior to others, and that you hate people who are different from you.
Genuine Christians acknowledge that we all are sinners, both Christians, and non-Christians, that engaging in sinful behavior has bad consequences for our bodies and our lives, and if anyone does not repent before they die they will end up being permanently separated from Jesus Christ, and end up in a very awful place called hell, which no one can escape from unless Jesus Christ himself intervenes.
It is with all the above knowledge and understanding that genuine Christians do everything to try and prevent the above, to prevent people from destroying themselves, and ending up in hell in the process.
So when genuine Christians speak out against sins it is because we have the responsibility to do so. We don't want anybody to end up in hell which is the worst outcome for anybody.
This is why we preach, teach, and speak out against sins. It is not easy to do so though, because people don't understand what we are trying to do, and the realities of hell and the spiritual world.
As Christians we are always mindful of the fact also that we are too are sinners, we too have sinned and will sin, and we need to depend on Jesus Christ every day so that we can also avoid hell.
If somebody is a Christian, turns away from Jesus Christ, and does not repent before death, that person will end up in hell also.
I am reminded of the following scriptures
Matthew 10 verse 26-28
[26] Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
[27] What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
[28] And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
In the bible Matthew 22 verses 34 to 40 states
[34] But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
[35] Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
[36] Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
[37] Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
[38] This is the first and great commandment.
[39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
[40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Revelation 21 verse 6-8
[6] And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
[7] He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
[8] But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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