Dr. Mark Williams preaching on Oct. 2nd, 2016, titled his sermon “ Tear Down This Wall.” taking the same approach as all the other CoG preachers take, he used this O.T. story to imply that, destruction of property and the taking of other people’s land is acceptable if it is done within “God’s Holy Cause”. Williams never showed any empathy or sympathy for those inside the walls. Never mentioned that there were women and children to be destroyed and never explained that though they were peaceful and never attacked the Israelites they were chosen for destruction.
Our forefathers used this same mindset when they drove out the Indians and the Mexicans; that is, that it was part of God’s manifest destiny. While in the N.T. era we send missionaries inside those walls to convert them. How do you see this?
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We need to tear down the walls of our churches that divide Christians.
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Jim, what wall is he speaking about or is he just speaking allegorical? I despise allegorical sermons.
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The Bible is full of similes, metaphors and allegory.
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I advocate binding the strong man and spoiling his goods!
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The Old Testament land conquest was (according to God’s Words to Abraham) due to the – fulness/ripeness of the sin of the Amorites.
I guess God would know who was innocent, deserving of mercy (remember Rahab?), guity, sinful, deserving of judgement, and marked for destruction along with the why.And,
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Thanks for the nice comments here,the Bible is a jikjak puzzle full of Bro Thimoty has mentioned,however we are the battle we are in is not of flesh and blood,whatever is becoming walls in our life’s must be teared down by the power of the word of God.
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CJohn Toropo
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Yes I did understand the framework in which he was preaching but since he was preaching in the ” flagship ” church and since many young students as well as professors were there I had hoped for more.
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