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God’s perfect love helps overcome fear
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Oct. 3, 2010 12:54 am
Bible believers lift up Scriptures as truth, but opponents attempt to silence those standing against abortion, sexual intimacy outside a God-ordained marriage (between a man and woman), and usurpers seeking to replace God with government dependency.
These progressives call Scripturally accurate truth “hate speech” to broaden the faith gap separating Americans. However, on Aug. 28, the Restoring Honor rally gathered faith-filled Americans to restore God-inspired honor. Only imperfect human love with its unreasoning fear, perpetuated by political/societal organizations determined to destroy America's historical Christian-inspired principals, can hinder this movement.
Fear tests Christian teachings such as love thy neighbor, love your enemy, bless them that curse you. Strong emotional ties add to fears of what could/might be the Muslims' reason to build near New York's ground zero, and the idea that radical Muslims will celebrate only chaffs at American hearts even more.
Judeo Christian faiths differ from other world religions, in that believers know they are incapable of keeping all God's commandments. Christians need God's perfect love dwelling in the heart to overcome their human nature - fear.
Richard Tjarks
Hiawatha
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