Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Lucy’s #252: Next you state that, ―The truth is the truth, whether or not you accept it,
believe it or live by it. It remains truth no matter what is said about it or thought about it. Truth
is absolute and eternal, just like God is, for He and His Word are one and Jesus is the Word made
flesh, so we could see a demonstration of the Word and the Love of God lived out in our world.‖
Yep … It‘s hard to argue with that one, my dear, though I do wonder why it is – since
you proclaim that ―Jesus is the Word made flesh‖ – that you & yours refuse to follow him
(instead of Paul), and that you continue to refuse to adhere to his teachings and abiding in his
commandments (instead of those from the Old Testament – &/or Paul, &/or Revelation –
that contradict the same) … Frankly, this is a real conundrum, my Friend, and I
sincerely wonder why you persist in perpetrating it.
―Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will
be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you notice the speck
in your neighbor‘s eye, but do not notice the log in your own? … Truly I tell you, unless you
change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever
becomes humble like this young child is the greatest in the Kingdom … You hypocrite! First
take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your
neighbor‘s … Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees; you hypocrites! For you clean the outside of
the cup [of others], but inside are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First
clean the inside of your own cup, so that the outside might also become truly clean … Let [she]
without sin cast the first stone.‖ ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 7:1-5, Matthew 18:3-4, Matthew 23:25-26
& John 8:7)
―A new commandment I give to you: that you Love one another. Just as I have Loved,
so are you also to Love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples:
when you show Love for one another … Be perfect [in LOVE] therefore, just as [the LOVE] of
your Father in Heaven is perfect.‖ ~ Jesus Christ (John 13:34-35 & Matthew 5:48)
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