In chapter 9 in the book of Luke, Jesus and the disciples, John and James were walking through Samaria. A group was sent into a town ahead of them to prepare the Samaritans for a visit from Jesus..The town's people rejected the offer. John and James were angered and suggested that fire should be called down from heaven and destroy the town. Jesus answered them by saying, " Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of; For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."
The Apostle Paul in the second book of Timothy instructs Christians; " The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach patient. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God, perhaps, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth." In the book of 1st Peter we are instructed to; " Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing, but on the contrary be the blessing, we are called to be."
Jesus in the parable of tares in the book of Matthew, taught that we should leave the tares among the wheat so that God himself could separate the good from the bad at the end..The Bible teaches us in 1st Thessalonians; "Now we exhort you brethren , support the weak be patient toward all men...No where in scripture does it teach that the followers of Christ are to force, coerce or punish others for not sharing their beliefs..On the contrary we are taught to love and be kind and patient with unbelievers..Jesus Himself said in John 3-17, " For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved."
Wesley Jones
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