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To: IN_GOD_I_TRUST who wrote (19223)	7/16/1998 2:37:00 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

"Ghandi is on record stating that the only thing that stopped him from becoming a Christian is Christians." The only thing that stoped him is because he loved darkness rather than light. To try and blame others for your sins or the darkness of your own hearts seems to be a malady of the twentieth century. As soon as I wrote these words, Adams pathetic words came into my mind. When God asked Adam why he ate of the forbidden fruit, he replied 'the woman that you gave me made me do it.' Our poor great grandfather seems to have started it all. He not only blames Eve for his sins but also God in the words 'the woman you gave me'. In other words, its your fault God. If you hadn't given me the woman I would have neve sinned. Sound a little bit like Gahdhi doesn't it. There really is nothing new under the sun.

To: IN_GOD_I_TRUST who wrote (19223)	7/16/1998 2:53:00 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

"While Jesus never pulled any punches in discussions to the Pharisees and the religous system, you must understand that you do not have the same liberties in speech that God incarnate had. " Here is a model of preaching St. Stephen. Acts 7 51: Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52: Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 53: Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. 54: When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 55: But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56: And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57: Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58: And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. ________________________________________ Doesn't quite fit your model, does it? He was full of the Holy Ghost as he preached those "harsh' words. Do not be deceived by the syrupy peace and serenity of the world. Stephen's preaching produced fruits, but not immediately. When the Word of God in planted according to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, it produces furit. The seed was planted in Saul of Tarsus's heart with those "harsh" words of Stehphen.

To: IN_GOD_I_TRUST who wrote (19223)	7/16/1998 3:09:00 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 39621

Couple of more examples of Apostolic witnessing. Acts 2 22: Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 23: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:(a little harsh for modern syrupy America, don't you think) 41: Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. ________________________- "Harsh" but not too bad in producing fruits. 3000 harvested from a harsh sermon.