I have been thinking a lot about some of my post's. I have probably said some things in other posts that may have been hurtful to other people. I am truly sorry if that describes you personally. Please forgive me. I don't "hate" liberals, or gays, or Muslims, or anyone else, much as it must have seemed so at times. I do think they (libs) are taking us down a dark road that I wish we could get off of....NOW....before its to late. However, that being said, I hate the, (I'm searching for the right word here), policy's or direction those policy's are taking us to, NOT the individual that BELIEVES in those policy's. I'm friends with all sorts of people here on Blogster and my other sites. I believe ALL of them know where I stand, and that while I may or may not AGREE with their particular "lifestyle" or how they live their life.....ITS THEIR LIFE. Of course I hope they all come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ....DUH....I'm a CHRISTIAN..... why wouldn't I? They ALL know that about me. (I think at least. and 
If they didn't they do now....lol). That's my mission here on earth, to tell them that Jesus died for their SINS.
As I said, I'm still friends with them. Jesus was a friend to the tax collector, the prostitute, for crying out loud even to Judas who betrayed him.
And Jesus said unto him, FRIEND, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. Matt 26:50.
Jesus was the example for ME to follow, can I do any less? Ideally no.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. James:4:4
Before someone accuses me of friendship with the "world" because I befriend sinners (which I am one also) this verse is talking about the worlds system. Playing the worlds game by the worlds rules if you will.
Being a friend to the sinner IS NOT necessarily being friends with the world.
There is a young man on one of the sites I write on that I recently befriended. He is Gay.
You can not "witness" to "sinners" about LOVE by hating them.
I've been home ill all week and I've spent a lot of time on the computer (don't tell the boss 
) and I am starting to see how unbelievably hostile and toxic we can be to each other. This one says something to that one, they snipe back at them, back and forth it goes sometimes getting meaner and meaner. That's NOT Christian witnessing.
Someone once said: "you catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar".
Again, I don't condone some people's life choices but Jesus gives them that freedom, we all have that freedom. Will I be standing before Jesus telling them why THEY did what THEY do? No, and they will not point to me and say, "He made me do this or that or he never told me about YOU!" Either.
I will talk to ANYONE at ANY time about Jesus but I will not try to beat them to death with my bible or yell at them and call them names if they don't agree with me....it will not work. Ever hear "Love the sinner but not the sin?"
Someone wrote to me about one of my posts recently:
"And BTW, the proselytizing about which you speak, out of supposed concern for other people's souls, is one thing that turns people off the most. Religion, or lack thereof, is such a very personal choice that when you intrude upon that privacy, it aggravates people... even makes them become intolerant toward the intruders."
I don't mean to intrude on anyone's privacy or personal choices, but if you ASK me or give me an opening I'm gonna tell you about Jesus. You tell me "Shut up, I don't wanna hear it", I shut up, and hope for another opportunity. You are free to choose. We all are.
If given the opportunity, I would try and lead someone to Christ the same as I would yell LOOKOUT were I to observe someone walking backwards off a cliff. But ....berating, yelling at, putting down, or otherwise alienating someone DOES NOT REPRESENT CHRIST TO ANYONE!!!
If someone is openly hostile to the gospel, I tend to talk with them of other things OR tread very gently....hopefully, lovingly....on the subject of Jesus.
Let this be perfectly clear. The bible says in Matt 8:38,
"Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
I am not ashamed of Jesus or of being a Christian. I am so very grateful He would see fit to save a person as sinful as I and that He would continue to love me, even as I am.
My biggest ambition in life before I met Jesus was to be, or to be like, outlaw bikers. If you know anything at all about that "lifestyle" you know that it certainly is a "sinful" lifestyle. I had felt more "love" around them than I had ever felt in any of the churches my Mom dragged me kicking and screaming to when I was a kid. Had I been on blogster then and stumbled on a post about what scum outlaw bikers were would I have taken offense to that? You bet I would. Would that have ever lead me to Christ, no way.
It was through a friend that I told some of my deepest darkest "sins" to that I met Jesus. She just kept saying; "He (Jesus) know's "that" and He STILL love's you (me)." He knows all about you and He still love's you, and guess what..."I do too".
It wasn't over night but THAT had an impact, just as Jesus tells us it will.
The next time your tempted to jump on someone that has a different opinion or lifestyle than you do, think about that. Think about who YOU were before Jesus saved YOU.
Justmyopinion
Bill
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thank you! this is an excellant article! I would like to reinforce your point that by alienating someone we will never lead them to Jesus. I give you two thumps up!
Thank you very much.
everyone can have their opinion it is jsut that some are wrong. You have nothign to appolgize for
I wasn't really apologizing for anything, just trying to open some eye's.
good to see
Thanks for stopping by and for the comments. Ya'll come back now, ya'here.
That was a very nice post but I think you were just misunderstood with bias *wink*
According to my understanding of Jesus, who saved me from a Hellish life at the age of 42, reaching out to all in love to tell them about Him, as you propose, is completely according to His teaching. Indeed, He said, "I did not come to save the righteous, but sinners." May our Lord continue to bless you for your outreach and for remembering that the most important commandments are "Love God" and "Love Others". A big two thumbs up for the post!!
I know someone is "on the right track" when they have a conscience about everything they do and say. When they have remorse for what they do or say, then they are examining and policing themselves continually, which is exactly what we are all supposed to do. If we do it, and repent of whatever darkness we find, then HE won't have to make us repent. If we judge ourselves, have a conscience, and examine ourselves under a heavenly microscope, we will triumph because as long as we draw breath, we will continually make amends for our mistakes. We are to try our utmost not to make others incur pain, but to uplift. We can even uplift our enemies, which is the hardest thing, as well as our friends, which is a good thing. No one is not a continual sinner. Every human who is alive and is sane is sinning. The difference comes when you either realize and repent of your sins, or not. G_d says is we hate someone we are a murderer. So, if I see someone really trying to love others, witness, think of other's side of things, I know they are stumbling along life's path to the best of their ability, just like the rest of us. When I see someone with a conscience, though, and a concern for other's soul salvation, I know they will reach the destination they desire. You are that person. Blessings, Carol
Thank you so much for that.
I stumble, I fall, I get back up. I don't know anything to do or anywhere else to go.
"And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God."
So do I (believe) and I aien't going anywhere.
Blessings to you as well my friend.
The very nature of the Internet makes it much easier to be more harsh in your language than in the real world. There's no face to see, no eyes to look into online. Politieness is pushed aside in favor of expediency. Couple that with the potential there is for you to write one thing and someone to take it to mean something else, and problems arise. Sarcasm is hard to convey, and I've had people yell at me about something I said when I meant something entirely different. There's no tone of voice, no inflections, no body language to help convey the meaning. And then there's anonymity which is a major contributor all on its own. But the very fact that you recognize this and want to correct it is a lesson any of the liberals here could learn. I love how they pat themselves on the back for being "tolerant" but then insult you if you don't agree with them.
Good post.