Sometimes, people uses religion as a means to condemn other people, saying things like:
"If you don't believe in my religion, you will not be saved"
"You should not do such sinful things/behavior for God will not forgive (or will be very angry at) you"
What we fail to understand is that God is God, and we are not God. How could we claim to know what God thinks. How could we know that 'other people' will not be saved and forgiven?
God's compassion is so great beyond our comprehension that God could forgive even the worst of sinners, whom we mere humans see these sinners as as low lives.
And I believe that God's love is so great that God will save people of other religion, just because God loves all humanity, regardless of religion. I don't claim that God will definitely do that, but I believe so.
What we need to do therefore is not to judge, but to welcome people of all walks of life to embrace God, by our ways of life of not judging, to be accepting, to be holy, and to be LOVING!
Many a times in the Bible, Jesus rebuked the so called 'holy men' in favor of sinners simply because it is sinners that are seeking for repentance, forgiveness, acceptance and love. Jesus himself gave us the perfect example when he minister not to the righteous, but to the sinners, the sick, the lame, the afflicted. He wants to show us what following him should be like.
Let us not be self-righteous like the 'holy men' (scribes, teachers of Law etc.) who only put heavy burden on people, but do not help them to overcome nor alleviate their misery.
Jesus came for the sinners. We should help, welcome and love sinners too, and since all of us are sinners, let's love one another as God has loved us.
God Bless~
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