/u/-Failedhuman on When Jesus is more likely to have been gay than asexual

I totally agree, people will read whatever they wish into anything, not just the bible. It can be dangerous. The Bible is quite literal and very straightforward, it has to be for any kind of person to understand. Its when people start adding extras to it, creating their own narrative and twisting it to fit what they want is when it becomes something other than the bible. The basics are to love all of God's creations, teach God's word, bring people to God through Jesus, know what Jesus did and believe, and baptise them into Christ. Really those are the key things. Everything else really is a guide book for after you're a Christian. Once you're a Christian that means that nothing is above God, you leave all your earthly desires behind you and anything you feel or think outside of God is not of God. I'm not very good at explaining things, but if you're a true Christian and truly want to know God's word, you won't need to twist it to personally gain anything. There are people who read the bible for what it is and there are people who want to use it as a weapon. The ones using it as a weapon are unusually the ones noticed and used to stereotype Christianity because they are the most obnoxious and easily pinpointable.

To teach the word is to teach to those who want to know, not to force it on people unwilling to listen, not to anger, not to hate or divide. The point of teaching is to unselfishly bring as many people to salvation as possible. If people are using it to hate and divide then that is not humble and not what God asks

So that's how you know, if you understood any of my ramblings 😅 sorry if none of that makes sense, and it's a bit long.. sorry for that too

July 04, 2021 at 11:35PM