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>It's impossible to follow Jesus' example without hating sin.
Jesus's example is to hate the sin but love the sinner, for we are all sinners and he loves us all anyway, enough to die so that we may stop killing ourselves through sin. If you don't follow that example then I'm sorry but you are not following Jesus's example. That's a horrible thing to hear, sadly most Christians I think need to hear it, but remember that you always have a choice in the matter.
>It's better a man drowns himself than commits offense against a child.
It's better that one man sin then two, that a man enter perdition alone rather than drag his brother into it with him, that isn't an excuse to sin and that doesn't mean that God wants us to close the door on the salvation he has offered us. I'm sorry but I cannot comprehend how you seriously think that Jesus is advocating suicide in this passage.
>but I have to reconcile the infinite mercy of my God with his infinite Justice, who will sentence unregenerate sinners to eternal death.
The infinite mercy of God is that even if a man like John Podesta would do the world a favor if he killed himself, he can be forgiven and merit eternal bliss through Jesus. If that fact weren't true then God's mercy, the same mercy we are called to emulate, would not be infinite, but it is so he can be. Ultimately you do not know the whole of his heart, only his sins, black as they are, and you are not fit to judge him beyond salvation. Reprove him, yes. Be revolted by his actions, absolutely.
BUT NEVER SAY THAT HE SHOULD KILL HIMSELF AND LOSE HIS SOUL IN THE PROCESS!!! Certainly it is hard to strike the balance, I myself have strayed too far against justice in the past. Recently I lamented to my mother and sister that the media had been unable to show mercy to Harvey Weinstein, but after much shouting and a few tears I had to admit that he was unregenerate and therefore deserving of all the justice that had been metted to him; a good lesson was learned. But the miracle is that even far worse sinners, bloodthirsty mass-murderers and scourges of God like Saul of Tarsus, can become lanterns for the Holy Spirit to shine in. Certainly, we are called to hate sin without limit or comprimise, but we must always remember that God loves the sinner anyways and never wants to see a single one lost.
>Again, Pastor Anderson is infamous for going into the highways and hedges and preaching the gospel, knocking on doors and taking the word to sinners.
To his infinite credit. But he also made national news for preaching a disgusting heresy, a work that certainly did not come from the Holy Spirit, and unless he recognzes and repents for that sin then God will hold unfourtunately hold him accountable. "Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? Then I will announce to them, I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!"
>I wouldn't accuse you of that, but what I'm saying is that if the public perception of the RCC based on those actions doesn't cause you to turn your back on her, you're throwing stones in a glass house when you point out Anderson embarrassing Christianity by being on the news.
The RRC is not one man but billions and for all the grievous faults that God will without a doubt hold members of her accountable for I have been able to find the fullness of salvation only thanks to her, as have most Christians throughout history. Pastor Anderson is one man leading many men into sin and he should be shown the error of his ways and be shunned as a false prophet lest he repent. That is the difference.
>Why shouldn't mainline american "Judaeo-Christians" know about the talmudic blasphemy that the Jews hold to?
Because unfourtunately we live in a culture that has taken arguments like that and used them to nearly destroy the faith of this country. Certainly those who are persecuted for righteousness's sake are blessed, but that dosen't mean we have to be idiots about our righteousness. Be as wise as a serpent; understand that we live in a world where hypocracy, error, and even truly righteous anger can be chopped up, warped, and pumped directly into the faces of everyone in the world. Luckilly, the errors of the Jews are incredibly easy to show without resorting to any of that Their own God is not worthy of being called infinitely merciful if his salvation is reserved for a tiny ethnic community and not given to the world. The contradictions are obvious and can make anyone Jew who takes his faith seriously question it, especially if the arguments are in the hand of someone who knows their theology. We will never transform the enemy if we don't step out of the territory of our own worldview and defeat them on their own, but that territory still knows God's mercy and it can be the ultimate weapon against them if we use it properly.