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April 21, 2018

Why Has Christianity Done So Much Harm?

by Dennis Rouse
History of Christian Harm: Christian Crusades American Holocaust African Slavery Jewish Holocaust Modern Day AtrocitiesMatthew 5:13-16 NKJ“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shallit be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out andtrampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the
Sermon Notes

History of Christian Harm:

  1. Christian Crusades
  2. American Holocaust
  3. African Slavery
  4. Jewish Holocaust
  5. Modern Day Atrocities
    Matthew 5:13-16 NKJ
    “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall
    it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and
    trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that
    is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it
    under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in
    the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
    good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
    2 Corinthians 5:17-20 NLT
    This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new
    person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a
    gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And
    God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was
    in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s
    sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of
    reconciliation. SO WE ARE CHRIST’S AMBASSADORS; God is
    making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead,
    “Come back to God!”
    True Christian Characteristics:

  1. Value everyone
    Philippians 2:2-4 NIV
    …then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same
    love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish
    ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above
    yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the
    interests of the others.
  2. Humility
    Philippians 2:5-8 NIV
    In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as
    Christ Jesus: who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality
    with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he
    made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being
    made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a
    cross!
  3. One with yourself
    Matthew 7:21-23 NKJ
    “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom
    of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will
    say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your
    name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in
    Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you;
    depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”
  4. Live to give
    Atheists:
    • Joseph Stalin (Russia): responsible for around 30 million deaths
    • Mao Zedong (China): responsible for between 40-70 million
    Chinese deaths
    • Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam): responsible for over 500,000
    Vietnamese deaths
    • Kim Il-sung (North Korea): responsible for killing about 1.3
    million of its own people
    • Adolf Hitler: responsible for over 6 million Jewish deaths
    ”Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to
    consider well the main end of his life studies is to know God and
    Jesus Christ which is eternal life …” — Harvard University
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