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What they could not tolerate was being called sinners. They would not acknowledge themselves as poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed (Luke 4:18).They were too smugly self-righteous. So when Jesus came (as John the Baptist had come before
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i believe i coukd compare this same story to Charlie Kirk. He spoke the words of Jesus, and he was killed. v
“The best of life on Earth is a glimpse of Heaven; the worst of life is a glimpse of Hell. For Christians, this present life is the closest they will come to Hell. For unbelievers, it is the closest they will come to Heaven.”
― Heaven: A Comprehensive Guide to Everything the Bible Says About Our Eternal Home
― Heaven: A Comprehensive Guide to Everything the Bible Says About Our Eternal Home
“What they could not tolerate was being called sinners. They would not acknowledge themselves as poor, prisoners, blind, and oppressed (Luke 4:18).They were too smugly self-righteous. So when Jesus came (as John the Baptist had come before Him) preaching repentance and saying they were sinners, wretched, poor, blind, lost people under the bondage of their own iniquity, needing forgiveness and cleansing—they could not and would not tolerate that. Therefore it was ultimately because of His message that they hated Him, vilified Him, and finally executed Him.”
― Twelve Ordinary Men: How the Master Shaped His Disciples for Greatness, and What He Wants to Do with You
― Twelve Ordinary Men: How the Master Shaped His Disciples for Greatness, and What He Wants to Do with You
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