Often times when a
Christian disagrees with someone who isn't a Christian we are accused of not
being very accepting. So that prompted
my question. Are we required to be
accepting of everyone and their behavior?
I believe Scripture
gives us the answer and it is definitely no.
What makes me so sure? Because
Scripture tells us that God doesn't accept everyone in to Heaven.
Therefore it makes
sense to me that we as Christians don't need to accept those who have declared
themselves enemies of God. I'm not
talking about judging others. I'm
talking about those who by word and action have made it clear that they have
rejected Jesus.
Now should those who
rejected Jesus accept Him at a later day then I believe they should be received
into fellowship with open arms. But
while they are in open rebellion against God, I don't believe we have to be accepting
of that. And I don't believe we should
feel any guilt at all for not accepting evil in others.
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