WBC –
I have a simple question that I would appreciate you responding to. I’m not meaning to come off as rude, disrespectful, etc. Just curious. You’ve said in several interviews that what you are trying to do is inform people about the wrath of god, and to fear him. When Luis asked you why you don’t say things nicer or something of the like you didn’t really give a clear answer and I just wanted to ask if your mentality is You don’t care if people accept it, it’s just your job to get it across and get it across bluntly? Just curious as to what your reasoning is behind being SO blunt about everything.
-Emily
Emily-
If you are referring to the documentaries with Louis Theroux, we gave him hours and hours of interviews in which this was answered. His self-promoting purpose was not to inform the public, but to mock God and His servants. He purposefully edited out many answers and explanations of the doctrines we believe and preach in attempt to malign the saints of God. Nevertheless, the Lord owns it all and His Word was preached to millions and continues to be preached to millions through that effort and the Lord is glorified in it all!
We don’t own salvation and we would never presume to do so. It is the sole prerogative of the Creator to save His Elect and damn the reprobate. What we do is just say the words that are clearly written in the Bible. Those same blessed words of truth that the lying pastors, parents and friends fail to teach and preach. There are so many ways we preach these Words of Life – signs, interviews, blogs, sermons, websites, songs, etc, etc. The problem is not how we say it, but what we say – that 99.9% of mankind is predestined to hell. Only an elect remnant have their names in the Lamb’s Book of Life, and THAT was determined before the worlds were created. To most people that sounds too harsh so they cry that we are hateful. You either believe the record God gave of His Son, the Bible, or you don’t. And THAT faith and belief is the Lord’s doing.
Our job, and yours, is to find out what the Lord your God requires of you and do that with all your might. That involves diligently seeking and submitting to the will of God and warning your fellow man to do the same. If you give the holy scriptures any credit, we are the only ones who love their fellow man in that we will not suffer sin upon them but will warn them of their sins that are surely taking them to hell. As those words land on the heart of a penitent sinner, they find them the kindest words ever, whereas, the proud, unrepentant sinner rants about how hateful we are to remind them about sin, hell and eternity. The pricked heart of the humbled sinner will then come out of this corrupt mass of mankind and be separate and serve God. The proud sinner will continue their sprint to hell as they flip off God, His people and indulge in their sinful manner of life. Again, that is God’s call. Lev. 19:17-18: Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Thanks for writing!
Your friends at Westboro Baptist Church