VIRB

This came from "The Protesters" friend we met in Miami.

Dear Craig,

Perhaps if you picked up a real Bible instead of that piece of trash called "The Message" you would find that God has something in store for the pornographer. He calls it hell's fire. There is no reprieve in hell. There is no way out of hell. There is no mercy in hell. It is ETERNAL torment. Secondly, you would also discover that God can and will throw a person who calls Him Lord into hell's fire for not doing the will of the Father. You can pray all the sinner's prayers in the world and still go to hell for sinning. See Matt 7:21

Are you aware of the fact that the majority of these folks are professing Christians that believe that Christians sin every day and at the end of the day are forgiven? I would say one in every five persons we spoke to was Jewish.

You are misleading these people into believing that God accepts them in their sin. Since you are under this deception, I am going to try and share with you why we do what we do and hope that you will understand that Jesus did not come to this earth simply to pardon sin. He came to set us free from sin and no sinner will enter the kingdom. If you continue in your sin, there remains no longer a sacrifice for sin. That means that Jesus blood no longer covers you. Until you repent, you do not know God. If you do not know God, you are not saved.

First let us look at 1 John 3 which says, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death."

Does the world hate you, Craig? Do you care if the world hates you? Which brother attacked and hated which brother here? Us or you? Our sign quoted a Scripture, "Be ye holy for I am holy says the Lord." What do you find offensive about that?

Let's look at Jude 22-23, " And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh."

Let's look at 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, " Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind (homosexuals), Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Now let's read that in The Message, " 9-11 Don't you realize that this is not the way to live? Unjust people who don't care about God will not be joining in his kingdom. Those who use and abuse each other, use and abuse sex, use and abuse the earth and everything in it, don't qualify as citizens in God's kingdom. A number of you know from experience what I'm talking about, for not so long ago you were on that list. Since then, you've been cleaned up and given a fresh start by Jesus, our Master, our Messiah, and by our God present in us, the Spirit.

Do you see how this piece of junk takes the warning out of the text concerning hell's fire? And it does make it sound like Doug and me are the bad guys and you're the good guy. But if you read this from the KJV and the original text which you can find on blueletterbible.org, you will see that the KJV is correct and The Message is watering down the message.

Let's look at another one. Hebrews 10:26-31, " For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall DEVOUR the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."

Let's check that out in The Message, " 26-31If we give up and turn our backs on all we've learned, all we've been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ's sacrifice and are left on our own to face the Judgment--and a mighty fierce judgment it will be! If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death, what do you think will happen if you turn on God's Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit? This is no light matter. God has warned us that he'll hold us to account and make us pay. He was quite explicit: "Vengeance is mine, and I won't overlook a thing" and "God will judge his people." Nobody's getting by with anything, believe me.

Where is the part about there no longer being a sacrifice for sin? It is gone. Where is the part about it being a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God? It is missing. Why? Because this book was written by the enemy to deceive people into believing they can sin and get a little spank and still get into heaven. You tell porn stars God loves them. The Bible says that if they don't repent, they will inherit hell's fire. You tell them God hates the sin but loves the sinner. What is going to be in hell? Their sin or them? You don't love them. You hate them because you are not giving them the real message which is to repent for the kingdom of God is at hand. That was Jesus message. 2 Tim. 3 tells us the reason for these perilous times. It is because people have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof. That is the missing element. Do you believe, Craig, that God can POWERFULLY free these people from the sin they are in?

You do not know Jesus or the apostles. You do not know how strongly they preached against sin and judged sin of every class of people. Think about Ananias and Sapphira who were killed for lying. Or look at Acts 13 and while you are reading think about this. Does Paul concern himself about offending Elymas? What is the "sign and wonder" that convinces the proconsul that the message is true?

"6 Now when they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. Then Saul, who alsois called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him and said, "O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? And now, indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time."

And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand. THEN the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

Craig, you do not know the Lord. You are giving these folks more sugar coating to their sin. What a shame that you are so full of deceit and all fraud, a son of the devil, you are the enemy of all righteousness, and you pervert the straight ways of the Lord.

You have the favor of man. We do not care about sin nor concern yourself with how grieved God is over what is happening or how these little boys were going to the motorcycle convention were being escorted by these whores and defiled. Jesus said it would be better for them to tie a millstone around their neck and be cast into the ocean. Picture that. You are descending at unbelievable speed to the bottom while your body parts are exploding. Jesus says that this is better than what these folks will get when they stand before a Holy God. We know how much God hates sin. When you gloss over sin, you cause people to conclude that the cross is no big deal. You have no idea what it cost God to die to take away the sin of the world.

We are not trying to get people to join the Christian club. They must come to God in repentance.

May God open the eyes of your understanding.

Vera

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