“When priests and prophets, evangelicals and fundamentalists claim to be in Christ and yet attack you, you who are in Christ, you always return to Christ and his love when you seek a just judge and jury. So too, when those who are not in Christ misunderstand you and attack you, you always return to Christ and his love in order to draw forth the understanding, compassion and love you need to give to such people.
I am not alone in finding that Christians who claim to be in Christ and yet who attack others in Christ are a worse problem that those who are not in Christ. Those who are not in Christ can be won to God . . . there is always hope for them. But, for those who already claim to be in Christ yet who pride themselves in their warring against the souls of others, there is little hope. They have little reward in heaven, they have all the reward they are seeking here on earth. Their victory is not a victory for the Father — it is not the victory that the Father is seeking from His child. The Father is seeking our will and our cooperation with diversity . . . but all too often He receives little more than selfish concerns and religious bigotry from well-meaning believers. How sad.”
Rob in RCIM Christmas Cheer #3, in the RCIM Email Newsletter, December 2009.