>>>Rich,
>>>I think you will find that the Religion Section was created because of Ricks constant high jacking
>>> of threads to force his views upon us all. There is something inherently wrong with that.
>>>
>>>My use of the word "misguided" was as polite a description as I could think of, especially when
>>>in Ricks own words "That he was instructed by God" to do what he is doing, I could think of many
>>>other words like "delusional" etc etc., maybe he needs help.
>>>
>>>I have nothing against Religion, I have my own views, but I don't force my views on others.
>>
>>
>>Jesus commands us to go out into the world and teach and preach about Him. It is not a personal commandment to me, as in, "Rick, go ye therefore and..." Instead, it was the internal drive that comes from being a born again believer in Jesus Christ. It is His own heart, living in us, through His Holy Spirit.
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>>Jesus asks us to go out into the world and teach and preach about Him so that He might save them as well. It is a calling of love, from Him, through us, to you, and everyone else we encounter while passing through this life.
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>>If you hear His voice, Neil, listen to Him. He calls out to save all men. Very few will hear, and of those that hear, very few respond. Be one of those who responds, Neil. Your life will be forever changed if you do.
>
>That is your interpretation that Jesus commands you to teach and preach.

Matthew 28:19-20 - KJV - "19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."

The use of the word "baptizing" them there is not the literal under-water dunk, but is this 2a definition:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baptize

2 a : to purify or cleanse spiritually especially by a purging experience or ordeal ... meaning that the person's thinking is cleansed by the washing of the word of God, as recorded in the Bible.

People are being taught falsely and wrongly by the enemy, Satan, the anti-Christ spirit he wields. He is purposefully teaching the exact opposite things of those things Jesus teaches, and he is doing it because he has been judged and is going to Hell, and he wants you to go there with him (because you were made in the image of God, and Satan hates God, and he hates you).


>My POV is the same as Neil's. I have no objection to your religious beliefs, whatever they are. It's when you try
>to push them on me that I have a problem. And I don't think we are the only two who feel that way. Can't you
>see that?

The purpose of teaching is so that those with an ear to hear will hear and come out and be saved. The message is not for those who will not be saved.