Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Lucy #376: You next say that, ―To deny Jesus 's death & resurrection is to deny Jesus
himself.‖ … Actually, my dear Friend, to deny Jesus‘ death & resurrection is to deny Paul’s
unfounded beliefs about the same* … Truly, the only way to deny Jesus Christ himself is to
deny what he taught in the Gospels – which is exactly what you & yours are doing whenever
you publicly condemn homosexuals!
Again, please hear the words of Christ …
―Let [she] who is without sin cast the first stone … Do not judge, so that you may not be
judged … Why do you see the speck in your neighbor‘s eye, but do not notice the log in your
own? ... You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly
enough to remove the speck from your neighbor‘s ... You hypocrites! For you clean the outside
of the cup [of others], but inside are full of greed and self-indulgence ... First clean the inside of
your own cup, so that the outside may also then become truly clean … 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 of Heaven.‖
~ Jesus Christ (John 8:7 + Matthew 7:1-2 + Matthew 23:25-26 + Matthew18:3-4)
*Please NOTE that it was Paul who told us that ―salvation‖ comes from being subservient to
Jesus (see Acts 15:20-29, Romans chapter 4, 2 Corinthians 5:7 et al), while Jesus was the one who
gave the ultimate sacrifice (as you so correctly point out) by risking his entire life in order to show us as
clearly as he could what he had been telling everyone over & over & over again for the three years prior
to that fateful day on Golgotha – namely, that true Salvation comes only from actively Caring for
others; especially in those times when we feel least able to care, and especially for those about whom
we least care (see Matthew 5:40-48, Matthew 21:43, Mark 8:34-35, Mark 9:35, Mark 10:21, Mark
12:30-34, Luke 6:27-49, Luke 8:15, Luke10:27-28, Luke 14:12-15, Luke 18:20-22, Luke 22:26, John
5:39-40, John 8:31, John 12:25, John 13:34-35, John 14:23, John 15:8, John 15:12-17 & John 17:26).
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