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How can you call them liars, when you are not perfect yourself.
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John the Baptist refered to the Pharisees as "generation of vipers." (
Matthew 3:7) Was John a perfect man? Certainly not. But are we not to correct error, and expose false teachers?
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How can you say, “My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,” when you don't see the log in your own eye?.
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Please read
Romans 2
Also, it was Christ who said
"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment." (
John 7:24) There is a time and a place for exposing false doctrine and its ministers.
Regarding Mr. Osteen: he says he is not called to take a stand on the issue of homosexuality. He refuses to emphasize the necessity of repentance to be saved. This isn't the Gospel of Christ, but of man!
But if your interpretation of Jesus' words is correct, we cannot hold anyone accountable for anything. It is this philosophy which has opened the door to homosexuality in the church, clergywomen, and widespread apostasy.
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Everyone, has his own gift and knowledge, maybe those two people that you called, have the knowledge of love, and heaven, but not of pain and hell.
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If the Gospel is to be preached, a call for repentance is crucial. First a preacher must address the problem (sin, death); then he must present the solution (Christ). This is Biblical preaching.
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Why should they need to write/preach about something where they don't know about?
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If they don't know about sin and repentance, they're not Christians. I am not saying it is pleasant to preach on these subjects. The topic of Hell should certainly be preached with tears. Yet, preached it must be.