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What did Jesus' statement at Matthew 5:43-48 and Luke 6:27-28 mean?

annyplenty:
BETWEEN NOAH AND LOT

The bible in 2 Peter 2:5-8 described Lot as just and righteous.

2 Peter 2:6-8 KJV
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

[7] And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

[8] (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds

Noah also was described as just and righteous in genesis 6:9 and genesis 7:1.

Genesis 6:9 KJV
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

Genesis 7:1 KJV
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

That was a striking similarity between Noah and Lot.

Not only that, the compositions of both families were similar; Noah's family had eight members. For Noah, they were Noah, his wife, his three sons, and his three daughter-in-laws. For Lot, they were Lot, his wife, his four daughters and his two son-in-laws.

However, all the eight members of the family of Noah were saved while Lot lost five out of eight members of his family to destruction.

The cause of this difference is probably found in 2 Peter 2:5, Noah was A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, in addition to being just and righteous like Lot.

2 Peter 2:5
King James Version
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Noah must have probably been preaching to his family to escape the wrath and judgement of God that was coming. That, perhaps, could not be said of brother Lot.

The Lord Jesus is coming. The wrath of God is also coming. Tribulation is also coming.

Pastors, Evangelists, Ministers! Don't just preach and prepare your congregation alone. Preach to, and Prepare your family also to meet go with Jesus Christ at RAPTURE, and escape the wrath to come.

JESUS is coming. Stay ready in absolute repentance, holiness and righteousness.

Where can we find the highlighted in the scriptures?

How can you identify Jesus' group like first century inhabitants of Antioch did! Act 11:26

The religion everyone wants to speak about due to having unique teaching that stands out! Matthew 5:14-16

AntiChristian:
PURE WORSHIP IS HANIF i.e. monotheism without the belief that any blood can save anyone but God!

That's the definition your own religion gives pure worship can be any form of worship with ideas that's beyond human understanding but it must promote LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MILDNESS and SELF-CONTROL.

If it's not promoting these qualities it's rubbish no matter the name of the book or god it's worthless!

The highway where worshipers only speak for their own faith so that interested ones may learn from the examples of practicers of pure worship!

Which of thel countless religions claiming they are Christians is practicing what Jesus taught?

AntiChristian:
So what was Abraham's new religion?

"PURE WORSHIP"

AntiChristian:
It seems the aim of some is to spread falsehood here and there about Islam! Are you paid?

When someone leaves a group, religion, sect or organization what real intellectuals should be concerned about is if he or she has found a better one so instead of speaking about where you're coming from wise people ask not where you were but where you are now and your reason for choosing your new faith.
That's why i don't celebrate people who keeps talking about their former religion rather i love listening to people who have found something of higher value.
In the Bible we were made to understand that Abraham and his ancestors used to worship other gods {Joshua 24:2} but how he did and what happened in his former religion no one not even you have asked all what everyone wants to hear or talk about is Abraham's newly found faith.

Do you know that Jesus detests interfaith?
Interfaith is agreeing with different religious ideas even when they are contradicting.
He told his disciples (friends)

(Jesus) said to watch out......... for the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Matthew 16:12
So if your religion doesn't have a unique teaching that stands out making your church different from all other religions claiming Christians then you're not a friend of Jesus! Matthew 5:14-16

The highway where only those who can speak convincingly about their faith and what fellow believers have as common line of thought not those who aren't even certain of what their God says yet calling thousands of sects with contradicting teachings and conflicting doctrines worshipers of their God!

Confusionists will not be found on the highway!

Will you like to be a friend of Jesus?
Come along let's see what Jesus loves in those he made his friends!

Righteousness2:
True Repentance means turning away from your evil deeds. Repentance means making right your wrongs. Read The Conversion story of the tax collector in Luke 19 Zaccheus .
You cant remain with the sin and claim you are saved. You are deceiving yourself.
A Sinner is not a Christian. 1 john 3:8
A Christian is not a Sinner 1 John 3:9
True repentance of a man with more than one woman will entail him settling all his sin partners , sending them back to their parents and making peace with his 1st legally married Wife. This is true Repentance.
Any other thing is you Deceiving yourself.

EXCELLENT!
Righteousness just nailed it!

striking:
Great, thank you. How do you see this experience playing out over time? In some countries, churches play the role of government in many ways (where government is either really small, or in cases where the church is the legislative itself), do you find that you meet new people and build relationship outside the church?

When Jesus was called upon to rule over the Jewish nation he ran away {John 6:15} it's like something is wrong with the government of this world {John 14:40; 2Corinthians 4:4; 1John 5:19} because Satan claimed to have all these government under his control and it's only those doing Satan's will that are allowed to take part in his government! Luke 4:5-7

So i don't think there is any country on planet earth where the church of Christ is governing it's just impossible! 2Corinthians 6:14; Ephesians 6:11-12

Thank you, God bless you and may you have peace!

The highway where unclean one will not travel on it and no one foolish will stray onto it {Isaiah 35:8} where only the pure in heart can stand! Psalms 24:3-4

Jesus of Nazareth is the son of the most high God {Luke 1:37} but he will not make friends with everyone except selected individuals whose attitude appeals to him so how can we become a friends of Jesus the son of the most high God?

Study God's word with His Witnesses! Isaiah 43:10

The highway to holiness! Isaiah 35:8

healthkknatural:
Jesus wasn't asking Stupid Questions from The Crowds , He had compassion on them immediately he met them .
Heals them .

Are you talking about people who aren't worshipers of his God or Israelites worshiping in the same temple where Jesus worships?
Ọmọ Jesus said derogatory things to a woman who is not an Israelite but begging Jesus to heal her daughter.
So you're mistaking Jesus has a specific people that he came to gather for his mission! Matthew 15:24

healthkknatural:
Jesus wasn't asking hey man , Who are your Parents , Which state are you from , Where do you Live.

Jesus asked questions before healing many people except those who came to listen to his message which means he has a mission not just curing everyone.

healthkknatural:
Even if they Failed the questions Jesus Would have still Had Compassion on them. You are an Heartless Fake Dude Parading yourself as a JW. You have the energy to engage me. I have more than enough Energy . You think I'm one of those that runs away from Addressing your Ignorance. Bring it on .
You are on here 24 Hours aways ready to Jump on any New Thread especially on Religion sections .
I dey here for you
Waiting for your next Funny and unrelated Comments .

What you're doing now doesn't mean anything to me because i know its the truth that's getting you annoyed not me, i never insulted you so your grievances at me is unjustified!

healthkknatural:
MaxinDHouse is a complete Touts.
He would be so Pissed Off , Annoyed and starts Attacking , Insulting .. Chai , What a Christian.

Can you show where MaxInDHouse did what you said to you in person?

These are comments about MaxInDHouse from unbiased individuals.

Kingsempires:
I know you and I don't agree on the same christain doctrine but I grab point in some of your preaching
I learned something on this your comment

SeniorMan715:
The way you explain and answer questions, sometimes i wonder if truly you are a human or an angel. You know everything.

Questionnaires:
MAXINDHOUSE is The Only Reasonable Christian That I've Come Across On This Forum That Creates Discourse And Debates Without Trying To Hurt The Emotions of Others No Matter How They Don't Agree With His Philosophy.

Questionnaires:
You Are One of The Smartest Christians on Nairaland and in Nigeria At Large.

CJStarz:
Guy, I just dey reason your talks.
U dey make sense shaaa.
But ur oda brethren wey dey yarn opata here, I go soon reason im matter.
You're trying to prove me wrong in my assertion which I'm beginning to see but that guy is a complete wacko.
Wetin be im name here sef.
Let me check

CJStarz:
Na you wey just convert from Islam be d correct Witness.
Achorlady just dey yarn off point

Mayflowa:
Wow! See Bible scholars! So impressive!

naturefellow:
Amazing! Thanks for the input. Knowledge added reading it.

Whom God has BLESSED no man can CURSE!

healthkknatural:
MaxinDHouse is a Confusionist.

An Idol Worshipper , A Fornicator , He is an Impostor , Using Jehovah's Witness To do Cover Up.

He is Constituting Nuisance, Running from one Threads to Another .

No Humility ,No Christlike Attitudes Posseses No single Character of Jesus Christ , Same that were seen in Followers or Christ in Antioch Before they were Called Christian .


If this Ignorant MaxinDHouse Character are what were seen in People in Antioch,They won't ever be Called followers of Christ but that of Lucifer .

What A Touts ,Agbero he is

Kingsempires:
I know you and I don't agree on the same christain doctrine but I grab point in some of your preaching
I learned something on this your comment

SeniorMan715:
The way you explain and answer questions, sometimes i wonder if truly you are a human or an angel. You know everything.

Questionnaires:
MAXINDHOUSE is The Only Reasonable Christian That I've Come Across On This Forum That Creates Discourse And Debates Without Trying To Hurt The Emotions of Others No Matter How They Don't Agree With His Philosophy.

Questionnaires:
You Are One of The Smartest Christians on Nairaland and in Nigeria At Large.

CJStarz:
Guy, I just dey reason your talks.
U dey make sense shaaa.
But ur oda brethren wey dey yarn opata here, I go soon reason im matter.
You're trying to prove me wrong in my assertion which I'm beginning to see but that guy is a complete wacko.
Wetin be im name here sef.
Let me check

CJStarz:
Na you wey just convert from Islam be d correct Witness.
Achorlady just dey yarn off point

Mayflowa:
Wow! See Bible scholars! So impressive!

naturefellow:
Amazing! Thanks for the input. Knowledge added reading it.

Whom God has BLESSED no man can CURSE instead of disturbing your brain about Max why not think about what your friends are saying about the organization as a whole?

PCHC:
Daniel 7:17 explain the beasts to real life situation

The Beast means 10 nations that comes together to form United Nations and they came out of the SEA which means faithless people {Isaiah 57:20} when God's Kingdom comes there will no longer be faithless people! Revelations 21:1

waldigit:
The word is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible. Any further questions?

Nothing further Sir.
Thanks!

This is a thought provoking question!

The title GOD means SUPREME BEING so when talking about existence of such a person there is a way to figure it out.
Are you ready to learn?

Once they are able to speak!

Absolute truth!

healthkknatural:
MaxinDhouse the Fake Christian, Fake JW The one that resorts to Insults, Once he gets Annoyed because he can't force His Gibberish Teachings on People .

Na every thread you dey ,

Na WA for you ooo .

We dey Wait for your usual Gibberish and Unbiblical Teachings .

This is What this member has to say about MaxinDhouse ..but he forgot to add Patronizing Juju & Babalawos

Templee333:
REASON #2
Hypocrisy. Jw pretend to love each other & practice pure worship,but once u have close connection with them,u start to see their hypocrisy in different colours. Them sabi lie, them sabi cheat,fornication na dem be number one,etc. But they will outrightly condemn this act in others & pretend to be all good. Once a genuine member is tired of their hypocrisy & walk away,they label him apostate & shun him.

Obviously you hate the truth but that's not a problem, however i will be waiting for you when you're tired of misconceptions about Jesus of Nazareth meanwhile continue with your friends.
Farewell!

healthkknatural:
Hypocrisy. Jw pretend to love each other & practice pure worship,but once u have close connection with them,u start to see their hypocrisy in different colours.

This is exactly what i want you to know before you conclude on what to expect among God's people today.
Many had a wrong conclusion about Jehovah's Witnesses that's why they later turned their back on the organization when reality falls on them. John 6:62-66
Why do you think only the twelve apostles remain with Jesus when he told all his disciples something that sounds different from what they initially thought about him? John 6:67-68
For your information the twelve were called by Jesus himself and they have followed him watching his actions, meditating on his words and carefully considering his thoughts unlike those that joined his group due to inaccurate knowledge about Jesus.
Just like their leader (Jesus) Jehovah's Witnesses are not philanthropists so if you've been misinformed about Jehovah's Witnesses that's what will lead you into calling us hypocrites by the time you are disappointed due to wrong expectations.
I repeat my response will not be the same way when someone asked for food.
Of course such a person may conclude that JWs are hypocrites after knowing that i'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses and i didn't respond to his request as he expected.
That's why many left the organization when they discovered that our attitude when searching for deserving ones doesn't mean we will always do what they want for them!

healthkknatural:
MaxinDhouse , You have not Addressed the Questions? You are disgraced to Jehovah witness. There is Absolutely no questions you have addressed on Nairaland without resulting to Abusing , Insulting others once you are exhausted of meaningful Comments. You are quite different from the JW Members on the streets, The ones that Addresses people with respects and Humility.
It's glaring to many on this forum that you are an Impostor , A Liar , Worst , You posses no Character of a True Christian. Jesus Christ never resorted to the ways and manners you do. is this how you arrogantly Teach people about Jehovah's? Can you just sit down yourself and go over all your Comments on This forums . the ways and manners you addresses people . Kai ! Spit on you..

Funny you!

All these because i said my response to what you said will differ shey?

Guy don't be frustrated, all you need to know is that there is no rule that say everyone must respond the same way you did that's why you need to ask thought provoking questions and not just result to annoyance simply because i choose to be different from you.

healthkknatural:
@MaxinDHouse .. Are You Truly a JW ?

YES!
In fact a mature disciple of Christ Jesus.
You may have contacted JWs who don't think deeply about issues and you will conclude that since my way of reasoning differs from theirs something is not right.

Well these are comments from those who have learned from my posts on Nairaland:

Kingsempires:
I know you and I don't agree on the same christain doctrine but I grab point in some of your preaching
I learned something on this your comment

SeniorMan715:
The way you explain and answer questions, sometimes i wonder if truly you are a human or an angel. You know everything.

Questionnaires:
MAXINDHOUSE is The Only Reasonable Christian That I've Come Across On This Forum That Creates Discourse And Debates Without Trying To Hurt The Emotions of Others No Matter How They Don't Agree With His Philosophy.

Questionnaires:
You Are One of The Smartest Christians on Nairaland and in Nigeria At Large.

CJStarz:
Guy, I just dey reason your talks.
U dey make sense shaaa.
But ur oda brethren wey dey yarn opata here, I go soon reason im matter.
You're trying to prove me wrong in my assertion which I'm beginning to see but that guy is a complete wacko.
Wetin be im name here sef.
Let me check

CJStarz:
Na you wey just convert from Islam be d correct Witness.
Achorlady just dey yarn off point

Mayflowa:
Wow! See Bible scholars! So impressive!

naturefellow:
Amazing! Thanks for the input. Knowledge added reading it.

Check to whom all these comments are directed then you will know you're missing something!

Deepspirituals:
Yes Proudly Juju Man . Herbal Man , Definitely . I do that , Have you any other Things to Say about that.

We believe in the use of herbs but not juju, telling people that a soap will do anything apart from cleanser is SPIRITISM!