Godstud wrote:So he didn't mention conditions under which poor people should be ignored? Are you sure? It seems that Jesus was for helping ALL poor, even if they didn't believe.
Americans have a lot of money. How come there are poor Americans? Are you getting money from American oil sales?
You should say things out loud before writing them down, so you can listen to how stupid these statements actually are.
Statue of Liberty quote does not discriminate against religion, gender, or anything else, and neither did Jesus. So why do you, who follow Jesus, and his teachings, choose to be so unlike Jesus?
Why are you so arrogant to think you know what Jesus meant, when you are an atheist? You don't know me, because I have given to the poor and donated to the local food bank for the poor for your information. I just don't go around bragging about it. But I will make a little exception in your case, because I think you need to know.
I did not say the quote on the statue of liberty discriminated against anything, including religion. However, Jesus did discriminate against the unbelievers in Him for salvation, religious or not. Those unbelievers are headed for eternal torment, if they do not repent of their sins and believe on Him for salvation.
Unlike the rich young man in your earlier quote, I am not trying to be perfect, so there is no need for me to sell everything I have and give it to the poor. I understand that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. The rich young man thought he had always kept the Ten Commandments and needed that lesson from Jesus to see that he could not be perfect like Jesus.
Jesus paid the second death penalty for me and all that believe in Him. Jesus is the only Judge that counts in the end. As a believer, I can only warn of the final judgment. No priest of Pope can forgive your sins so you do not enter the second death. God has reserved that decision to Jesus, the Son of God.
The Muslims only believe in Jesus as another prophet. That is not enough. They must believe Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ) the Son of God. Their god Allah, they say has no son. They believe Muhammad is the greatest prophet. So Muslims are really unbelievers, who sometime even attempt to behead God's chosen people.
Then the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also.
(Revelation 6:9-11 NASB)
And after the tribulation of those days:
Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
(Revelation 20:4-6 NASB)