Subject: Plucky revisited. Part Deux.
here are some (more) questions:
1) “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” Jesus goes on to tie this point to equality saying to do the opposite of the god imagined from the old testament, and therefore those that follow that god: “For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Matt 5:46-48 How do you share the new covenant while picketing?
We put the words in the air and when the rebels address themselves to the words in the many ways they use, we look past their crimes and lawless behavior and keep on keeping on. THAT is loving our enemies and doing good to them that hate us and despitefully use us. We don’t sit in the four walls of WBC and tell each other these good things of God, we hit the streets every single day and do what our hand finds to do, with our might. If we hated you, we would go home and never darken the streets again. We know you are behaving against your own interests, so we must not take it personal, we must trust our God and continue in our good work.
2) the verses about the days of noah and the days of lot are misunderstood. their problem was not homosexuality, but hospitality, or the lack thereof. noah, lot, and those with him only survived because they were taken in, or took in, not because they were left out. some of every species, clean and unclean, incestuous, earthlings. hospitality is the art of healing the soul through loving your neighbor, thus creating a hospital in your house. what forms of hospitality does picketing offer?
This would be one of the messes that is not able to be turned into a question, because you toss up a false thesis and lie about God, a thing which you ought not to do, and then pose a question based upon your lies. If you want to know about Sodom and Noah, you LOOK TO THE WORD OF GOD, HE TOLD! Here is the short and simple of the crimes of the rebels of Sodom against God, to wit:
Jude 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
PERIOD!
Genesis 5-9 tells the story of the world before the flood. Then, add Christ’s words at Matthew 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
3) Do you pay taxes?
YES! Your disingenuous question is as old as Christ. Your motive is the same as the rebels of his day.
Luke 20:20 ¶ And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.
25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
4) do you counsel against using government programs (social security, medicare, etc)?
No, it does not come up.
5) Do you picket your own family’s funerals, especially if there are members of your family there who may not know they are at the funeral of a fag enabler, as all are legally bound to pay taxes, and peter tells you to obey the laws of the land?
My family has had no funerals, no dead people.
6) “Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.” how does picketing remove burdens? does picketing increase burdens or make things more difficult?
To them that would walk in the light and knowledge and wisdom of God, your path is clear and if you trust in God, you don’t waste your days worrying about what to do.
7) how much of an impact have you made?
I could not even begin to know, let alone say what all we have accomplished. But I know some things, as we have these words:
Wrap your mind around this beautiful message:
Psalm 149:1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
6 ¶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Plus this – we are in the line – the succession of those servants of God – they in their day, we in ours – the Lord Jesus Christ is our leader and he is the one confirming our words:
Mark 16:19 ¶ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Plus, you have for this very hour, these amazing words about the impact of our daily, fervent prayer to God, to wit: Please dear Lord, destroy this land!:
Revelation 8:1 ¶ And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
And more.
8) How many members have joined your church in the last 10 years that weren’t family members?
I don’t know about 10 years, but I can say with confidence, NOT many. But I know that since May, 2011, seven.
9) What does the church think of Kevin Smith’s Red State movie?
I think I can safely say, on behalf of WBC, two things about that second rate movie:
- 1. It is absolutely filthy, YIKES, RUN!
- 2. It has been a great publishing tool! So we give great thanks for that door of utterance.
10) have you ever considered the fact that your protests may actually make people more sympathetic to LBGT people?
YES! YAY! We don’t control hearts, our God does that! We don’t have the power to change a single mind! We must faithfully say the words and we KNOW that at this hour that repentance is not likely. Therefore, we are so thankful for these words:
Re 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Thanks for asking!
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