I would like to comment on an online image I discovered recently while   
   browsing the news. The photo in question showed Muslims and Coptic   
   Christians in Egypt throwing stones at each other.   
      
   As you may know, similar to the Syriac Christians, the Coptic Christians   
   represent some of the oldest Christians in the world, having first heard the   
   Gospel during the First Century when people such as Philip, Mark and Peter   
   made it known to them.   
      
   I find it appalling that the modern-day descendants of these Early   
   Christians would take up stones against their enemies. This certainly is not   
   the way that Jesus and His Apostles taught us to act. As the Lord said two   
   thousand years ago:   
      
   "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and   
   hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that   
   curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which   
   despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your   
   Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on   
   the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love   
   them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the   
   same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do   
   not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father   
   which is in heaven is perfect."   
   Matthew 5:43-48, KJV   
      
   While loving our enemies may be very difficult for many of us to do, in my   
   view, physically taking up stones to cast at our enemies is a lot worse, a   
   very poor demonstration of our faith, and a reproach to the Cause of Christ.   
      
   The Apostle Paul likewise instructed us to endeavor to live peaceably with   
   all men, as we see here:   
      
   "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men."   
   Romans 12:18, KJV   
      
      
      
   Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS  Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23   
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