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14and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
they look around this world and see only destruction and death, injustice and lies coming from all sides... they begin to ask themselves how can this be...
"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple
Paulian theology will tell you this verse means your deeds are utterly worthless... filthy rags and other such nonsense...
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: Akragon
Paulian theology will tell you this verse means your deeds are utterly worthless... filthy rags and other such nonsense...
I would like to see a meeting between Jesus and Paul.
I guess I might be wrong, but I can picture Jesus smacking him upside his head.
Paulian theology will tell you this verse means your deeds are utterly worthless... filthy rags and other such nonsense...
This is not true, for your deeds and actions are what makes you who you are... without them all you have is words which fall on deaf ears
11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."