What about all the evil
done in God's name?
Q: "Why in the bible does it say 'thou shalt not kill' but more people have
been killed in the name of God than for any other reason?"
our A: People do all kinds of things in the name of
God and Jesus that He did not mandate,
request, sanction, command or will. People do
what they want to do, then find ways to justify
what they're doing.
God knows what He has
told someone to do and what He hasn't, and
in the end He will reveal what was done
according to His will and what was done
according to man's own will, desires,
lusts, greed, malice.
People's actions cannot be used
fairly as an excuse to reject God. God will
not buy that one. God is good, perfect,
just, merciful, loving and fair. If
someone does something against His will
but in His name, we cannot hold that against
God. And in the end, He won't allow us to.
In the end, each person will be accountable to God
and there will be no room for excuses or
self-justification. Either we sought God
and allowed Him to transform us, or we
didn't.
God will judge every person with fairness, and
will judge the intents and motives of each person's
heart.
From the Bible...
"Every man's way is right in his own eyes,
But the LORD weighs the hearts." (Proverbs 21:2)
"The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
And the one who loves violence His soul hates." (Psalms 11:5)
"Therefore do not go on passing judgment
before the time, but wait until the Lord comes
who will both bring to light the things hidden
in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's
hearts..." (1Corinthians 4:5)
"He will judge the world in righteousness; He will
execute judgment for the peoples with equity." (Psalms 9:8)
"He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the
world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity." (Psalms 98:9)
"But with righteousness He will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked." (Isaiah 11:4)
"And He [Jesus] said to them, 'You are those who
justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows
your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed
among men is detestable in the sight of God.'" (Luke 16:15)
"For the word of God is living and active and sharper
than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the
division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow,
and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)
"All the churches will know that I am He who searches
the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of
you according to your deeds." (Revelation 2:23)
"And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence
earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead,
the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and
another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged
from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. And
the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead
which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their
deeds." (Revelation 20:11-13)
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