I was utterly shocked to see the headline of this story. The church voted that interracial couples weren't welcome? What part of Christianity do they not get?
And do they understand that JESUS wasn't "white"? Yeah, Jesus himself wasn't white and obviously wouldn't be allowed in their church (though he didn't have a wife, come on now people!)
Oh my gosh. Talk about going against God's Word.
I would discourage any of the faithful from going to that church because the people are obviously NOT following the Word. If you don't believe me, check out the Word.
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from the American King James Version http://kjv.us/numbers/12.htm
1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Has the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? has he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were on the face of the earth.) 4 And the LORD spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream.
7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house.
8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked on Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said to Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech you, lay not the sin on us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb. 13 And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech you. 14 And the LORD said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
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Note not just the anger of the Lord, but also the forgiveness of His people.
Moses begged God to heal his sister. The people waited for her to be allowed back into camp before continuing their journey.
Miriam and Aaron repented and were not just forgiven, but brought back into the fold.
We can only hope that the members of this congregation repent...
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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How terrible. One Sunday a black man spoke in our church. He said as a child he crossed the railroad tracks to visit a "white" church where they bragged about all the work they were doing in Africa. He had no doubt that he would be welcome there. He was wrong. How sad is that?
Ann
Yes, that is such hypocrisy! That poor man, to discover that the local church would cross the world to help in Africa, and turn away their own neighbor from across the tracks. What a horrible way to treat a child! This kind of thing just infuriates me because we are all God's children. Racism is against God's Will.
To be fair, though, there are passages in the Bible that have been used with great zeal to prove just the opposite. I do not mean to suggest that God is in favour of racism. Only that relying on Scripture to prove a general statement like that is risky. Those who fought for the Confederacy to preserve the institution of slavery believed just as devoutly, and had just as plausible a scriptural basis.
(Of course, as a member of an interracial couple myself, I'm not especially sympathetic to the Gulnare policy.)
That's true Tom. Anything can be taken out of context and used for justification of some pretty outrageous and unChristian behavior.
However, I suspect Jesus wouldn't support that pastor's actions!
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