I Pity Them

[Babbler]

Reading all the horror stories concerning Islam, I have a tendency to get angry. But, I feel sorry for these people. Besides not knowing the Lord and truth. To live your whole life a lie; it's just pathetic. I pity them.

It is said that some vessels are born for wrath and others for mercy and who are we to argue with our maker.

[yunna86]

Reading all the horror stories concerning Islam, I have a tendency to get angry. But, I feel sorry for these people. Besides not knowing the Lord and truth. To live your whole life a lie; it's just pathetic. I pity them.

It is said that some vessels are born for wrath and others for mercy and who are we to argue with our maker.

Hello,

Yes we should pity people who don't know the truth and that is not only exclusively to Muslim people.I don't like reading about injustice either Muslim or otherwise.i don't think that we are better off then they are.Did you think the Catholics in the inquisition days weren't a cruel as they were?In some ways of course we are better off.We know the truth.But they..they don't know Jesus Christ.How can you judge somebody if they don't know the truth.If there's anybody that should be pitied it's us. people who know the truth like us are the people who are going to be judged the worse .It's our fault they don't know about Jesus Christ. And if we keep sinning and take God for granted we'll get much worse then "these Muslims" who were born without the same privileges as us.because we have this privileges more is expected of us.we have to tell them about Jesus even if costs us our lives.

[MorningGlory]

Reading all the horror stories concerning Islam, I have a tendency to get angry. But, I feel sorry for these people. Besides not knowing the Lord and truth. To live your whole life a lie; it's just pathetic. I pity them.

It is said that some vessels are born for wrath and others for mercy and who are we to argue with our maker.

Hello,

Yes we should pity people who don't know the truth and that is not only exclusively to Muslim people.I don't like reading about injustice either Muslim or otherwise.i don't think that we are better off then they are.Did you think the Catholics in the inquisition days weren't a cruel as they were?In some ways of course we are better off.We know the truth.But they..they don't know Jesus Christ.How can you judge somebody if they don't know the truth.If there's anybody that should be pitied it's us. people who know the truth like us are the people who are going to be judged the worse .It's our fault they don't know about Jesus Christ. And if we keep sinning and take God for granted we'll get much worse then "these Muslims" who were born without the same privileges as us.because we have this privileges more is expected of us.we have to tell them about Jesus even if costs us our lives.

Interesting perspective. I also pity muslims because they are on the fast track to hell and most of them don't know it. It's horrible to contemplate 1.5 billion souls being lost. Welcome to Worthy, btw!

[fromIslam2Christ]

As Christians, I think the point is NOT TO PITY, but TO WITNESS and share the Gospel.

Muslims, Jehovah's witnesses, Mormons, Unification church people, Hindus, Raelians, Bahais, atheists, scientologists, unsaved people.... well that is what all of us were before we had our encounter with Christ.

Sometimes this encounter was facilitated by a loving and prayerful Christian who prayed for us for years.

Pity involves a feeling of superiority on the part of the one who pities. That is a bit out of place, knowing that it while we were still sinners that Christ loved us and died for us (Romans 8, remember?).

Let us come off our high horses for a minute and realize who we are and who we were without Christ and lets get to work. If the pity for Muslims is so strong, please join Christian groups who work at spreading the gospel in the Muslim world and among Muslims in the West.

[enoob57]

Reading all the horror stories concerning Islam, I have a tendency to get angry. But, I feel sorry for these people. Besides not knowing the Lord and truth. To live your whole life a lie; it's just pathetic. I pity them.

It is said that some vessels are born for wrath and others for mercy and who are we to argue with our maker.

You have spoken of the Scripture-

Rom 9:21-24

21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? 22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

NKJV

2 Tim 2:20-26

20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. 22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. 24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, 26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

NKJV

May we fight the good fight- comfort or discomfort, riches or poverty, may we grab hold of His desires for all who are ensnared in the lies! Love Steven

[MorningGlory]

As Christians, I think the point is NOT TO PITY, but TO WITNESS and share the Gospel.

Muslims, Jehovah's witnesses, Mormons, Unification church people, Hindus, Raelians, Bahais, atheists, scientologists, unsaved people.... well that is what all of us were before we had our encounter with Christ.

Sometimes this encounter was facilitated by a loving and prayerful Christian who prayed for us for years.

Pity involves a feeling of superiority on the part of the one who pities. That is a bit out of place, knowing that it while we were still sinners that Christ loved us and died for us (Romans 8, remember?).

Let us come off our high horses for a minute and realize who we are and who we were without Christ and lets get to work. If the pity for Muslims is so strong, please join Christian groups who work at spreading the gospel in the Muslim world and among Muslims in the West.

Good point; there but for the grace of God goes all of us. Thanks for the reminder.

[Guest]

.... May we fight the good fight- comfort or discomfort, riches or poverty, may we grab hold of His desires for all who are ensnared in the lies! Love Steven

Impossible!

And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?

And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. Mark 10:26-27

But God

Therefore said he unto them,

The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few:

pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. Luke 10:2