The kkk claim to be Christians and some things they practice like citing things from the Bible is how they justify. But like Jesus said, “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.” That verse also applies for lukewarm Christians

john15-10:

Exactly!

also i don’t know how enthusiastic Jehovah, who said “thou shalt not suffer a witch to live”, is about a group with ranks such as “the grand wizard”

Maybe YOU like the concept of “doom before peace” but I can guarantee you that 95% of nonbelievers do NOT. Before I got saved, if someone had preached at me the way you do I probably still wouldn’t be saved bc it would’ve run me off. So maybe swallow your pride & realize that you’ll reach WAY more ppl by sharing God’s love & forgiveness before just straight up telling people they’re going to hell. No one said you can’t talk about sin & hell but if that’s what you start with, no one will listen.

thisbibliomaniac:

john15-10:

From my perspective it sounds a lot like you’d rather I just talk only of the love of God.

I’m just gonna say it; the Bible is not going to tell unbelievers what they want to hear.

Paul Washer on false prophets
“One of the greatest distinguishing marks of false prophet is that he will always tell you what you want to hear, he will never rain on your parade; he will get you clapping, he will get you jumping, he will make you dizzy, he will keep you entertained, and he will present a Christianity to you that will make your church look like a six flags over Jesus.”

Below is added by @itsjustcommon-sense

Unbelievers don’t know they’re going to Hell. They might know Christians think that unbelievers go to hell, but unbelievers reject that. They say to themselves, I am a good person, and they believe it. They think they deserve heaven.

So when you say that “God loves you and wants you in heaven with him, he’s pleading with you, just accept him into your heart” they have no problem with that. It’s just extra assurance for them that they are going to heaven. There’s no real change that happened. They just add Jesus to their life.

When we preach we have to tell them about the wrath of God. The cross is meaningless without understanding Gods wrath. Because why did Christ die? Because that’s what you deserve. Why was the son crushed under God’s wrath? Because that’s what you deserve

See we don’t know how sinful we really are. We don’t know how holy God is. And we don’t understand that we contradict God at the very core of our being. We are wicked and deserve to be thrown into the fire. That’s what we’ve earned for ourselves–Eternal damnation. That would be justice.

But God loved us, he loved us despite us hating him. He loved us when we were his enemies. And God took the wrath that we deserved and poured it out on his son so that we could be redeemed if we would turn from our wicked ways and believe that good news.

But you can’t understand the significance of the cross or Gods love, without understanding what you actually deserve.

You cannot begin fathom grace until you understand your own depravity.

I agree with everything except what @thisbibliomaniac said