Some Thoughts for Westboro Baptist Church
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
He answered: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” – Luke 10:25-37
“Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.” – 1 John 2:9
“Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.” – 1 John 3:15
“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” – 1 John 4:8
“If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.” – 1 John 4:20
I think that about covers it.
The Word of HaShem, “Yet I loved Jacob. But I HATED Esau.
Taken from Malachi 1:2 & 3 – Artscroll Stone Edition Tanach
Saith The LORD, “Yet I loved Jacob, and I HATED Esau.
Taken from Malachi 1: 2 & 3 – King James Version
The Hate reference in Malachi by God was directed toward Esau (Edom) and to his descendents, who according to Rabbinical Teaching, became the Roman empire.
However, some of Esau’s descendants also became Muslims since he married Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, who is the father of the Ishmaelite people who are today’s Muslims. Genesis 28:9
And while the ancient Roman empire fell, a remnant of Rome still lives today in the Church of Rome.
Then through the Protestant Reformation many descendents broke away creating new denominational names.
And now we Blog about it.