One Day a New Year will dawn to begin 1000 Years of New Years without Religious Disputes!
Christianity and Religion is not always the Same Thing!
Christianity is labeled as being Religious, but Religion is not always Christianity!
Yes, Virgini a, There is
a Difference between Christianity and Religion!
December 30, 2007
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
When so-called Christian brothers cannot divide a possession between themselves, to the extent they fight over it, they may well be labeled religious, as in the Jerusalem Post article which follows, but they are not practicing Christianity. Different religious beliefs have created many more wars than most religious people will admit.
Christ knew that his coming, prior to finally producing true peace on the earth, would cause great turmoil between different religions, even within the basic family structure.
Luke 12:13-15 – And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. [14] And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you
? [15] And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Matthew 10:34-36 – Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
[35] For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. [36] And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
James 1:22-27 – But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. [23] For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: [24] For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
[25] But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. [26] If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s RELIGION is vain. [27] Pure RELIGION and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the FATHERLESS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR AFFLICTION, and to keep himself UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Priests scuffle at Church of Nativity
Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
December 27, 2008
Robed Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests went at each other with brooms and stones inside the Church of the Nativity on Thursday as long-standing rivalries erupted in violence during holiday cleaning.
The basilica, built over the grotto in Bethlehem where Christians believe Jesus was born, is administered jointly by Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic authorities. Any perceived encroachment on one group’s turf can set off vicious feuds.
On Thursday, dozens of priests and cleaners came to the fortress-like church to scrub
and sweep the floors, walls and rafters ahead of the Armenian and Orthodox Christmas, celebrated in the first week of January. Thousands of tourists vi sited
the church this week for Christmas celebrations.
But the cleanup turned ugly after some of the Orthodox faithful stepped inside the Armenian church’s section, touching off a scuffle between about 50 Greek Orthodox and 30 Armenians.
Palestinian police, armed with batons and shields, quickly formed a human cordon to separate the two sides so the cleaning could continue, then ordered an Associated Press photographer out of the church.
Four people, some with blood running from their faces, were slightly wounded.
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