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=The clear test of the Biblical Christianity= | =The clear test of the Biblical Christianity= | ||
Jesus said | Jesus said in John 13:34-35: | ||
:''But I tell you who hear me: | :''A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. '''By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.'''<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Jn 13:34–35.</ref> | ||
and he went on to say in Luke 6:27–36: | |||
:''But I tell you who hear me: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who ill-treat you... '''If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them!''' And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners do that! ...'''Love your enemies and do good to them'''; lend and expect nothing back. '''You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God.''' For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful just as your Father is merciful.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), Lk 6:27–36.</ref>'' | |||
Paul states in 1 Corinthians 13 that | Paul states in 1 Corinthians 13 that | ||
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:''I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains — '''but if I have no love, I am nothing.''' I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burnt — but if I have no love, this does me no good. Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; '''love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable'''; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), 1 Co 13:2–7.</ref> | :''I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains — '''but if I have no love, I am nothing.''' I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burnt — but if I have no love, this does me no good. Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; '''love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable'''; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), 1 Co 13:2–7.</ref> | ||
And John tells us: | And John tells us in 1 John 3:10, 18, and 4:18: | ||
:''This is the clear difference between God’s children and the Devil’s children: all who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God’s children. ...My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action. ...There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out all fear. So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone who is afraid, because fear has to do with punishment.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), 1 Jn 3:10, 18, 4:18.</ref> | :''This is the clear difference between God’s children and the Devil’s children: all who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God’s children. ...My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action. ...There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out all fear. So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone who is afraid, because fear has to do with punishment.<ref>American Bible Society, The Holy Bible: The Good News Translation, 2nd ed. (New York: American Bible Society, 1992), 1 Jn 3:10, 18, 4:18.</ref> | ||
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What we and many others have experienced on leaving the message is a complete shunning and a total lack of love coming from those in the message. One is forced to conclude that many in the message are simply not Christians. | What we and many others have experienced on leaving the message is a complete shunning and a total lack of love coming from those in the message. One is forced to conclude that many in the message are simply not Christians. | ||
==Love is corrective== | |||
=Quotes of William Branham= | =Quotes of William Branham= | ||