The Crossroad

josephw

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Spirituality

01 Apr 08

josephw

A fun title

Scoffer Mocker

Joined: 27 Sep 06
Moves: 9958

01 Apr 08

1 Corinthians 16:22

"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha."

Believe it!

ThinkOfOne

Joined: 15 Oct 06
Moves: 10115

01 Apr 08

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Originally posted by josephw
1 Corinthians 16:22

"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha."

Believe it!

John 14:15
"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."

John 14:21
"He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him."

PinkFloyd

weedhopper

Joined: 25 Jul 07
Moves: 8096

01 Apr 08

Originally posted by josephw
1 Corinthians 16:22

"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha."

Believe it!

I thought this was some kind of joke, but sure enough, it's in the KJV! Glad my living Bible just says "let him be cursed."🙂

Mephisto2

Joined: 12 Mar 03
Moves: 44411

01 Apr 08

Originally posted by PinkFloyd
I thought this was some kind of joke, but sure enough, it's in the KJV! Glad my living Bible just says "let him be cursed."🙂

... and excommunicated. Of course that makes sense only if you were a member of the chucrch before. I thought the 'modern' interpretation left some hope, though.

kirksey957

Outkast

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01 Apr 08

Originally posted by Mephisto2
... and excommunicated. Of course that makes sense only if you were a member of the chucrch before. I thought the 'modern' interpretation left some hope, though.

Joseph is quoting Paul, not Jesus. There is a difference.

Mephisto2

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Moves: 44411

01 Apr 08

Originally posted by kirksey957
Joseph is quoting Paul, not Jesus. There is a difference.

Did Jesus ever use that term?

kirksey957

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01 Apr 08

Originally posted by Mephisto2
Did Jesus ever use that term?

I think the harshest expression I could find from Jesus is that those who would hinder a child it would be better if they had a millstone around their neck and they were cast into the sea.

josephw

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Scoffer Mocker

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02 Apr 08

Originally posted by kirksey957
I think the harshest expression I could find from Jesus is that those who would hinder a child it would be better if they had a millstone around their neck and they were cast into the sea.

There's also the weeping and gnashing of teeth too. That one gets to me.