Tolerance- and It's Distortions.

The push for Tolerance within the Church or acceptance of all behaviors, humanists want accepted is to point to Matthew 7:1-5 or John 8:1-11. Matthew 7-states do not judge, till you remove the log in your own eye. This is stating, don't judge with any sort of standards of hypocrisy. As the Christianity Today article pointed out, we are called to judge and discipline the transgessions of those within the Church as stated in I Corinthians5:12. In John 7:24- Jesus states not to judge by apperances. So Matthew 7 is stating don't judge from your own position of self-righteousness. John 8:11- is frequently ignored when Jesus tells the women to go and sin no more. Jesus offers forgiveness, and states the conviction of the consquences of sin that goes with it. John 8:7-Also points not to rule self-righteousness, nor act as somone is so sinful they must be put to death. It should also be noted this passage deals with only capitol punishment in regard to adultery, as was expected in the Old Covenant. Another point made is that Jesus eats with Tax Collectors and Sinners, this is true. But Jesus is never indifferent to their behavior. In Matthew 9:12-13-He states he came so he could call sinners, and make them well for the ill caused by their sin. In Matthew 18:17-Jesus states if someone engages in unrepentant sin and proudly, to not consider them as in the Church. This is not tolerance. In Luke 15:1-7-Jesus speaks of how he came for lost sinners, who are saved from repentance. This does not mesh with the modern tolerance talk. John 9:31- Speaks of those who live in blatant unrepentant sin, God does not hear.

Some might like to point to Jesus condemnation of the Pharisees as to their intolerance, when their main problem was their self-righteousness. In Matthew 5:20-Jesus tells them that their righteousness will never be good enough to enter the kingdom of heaven. In The Matthew 9:9-13- The problem is with thier judgement, but their lack of Grace. The problem is never with them realizing the trouble of someone's sin, rather their arrogance when it comes to their own.

Doesn't Jesus say "Love Your Neighbor as Yourself"? Yes, but if Jesus is God, and an example of love as advocates of this position claim. Was he not loving when preaching to people in regard to their own sinfulness as stated above. Was Jesus loving when he tossed the tables of the Money-Changers. The problem with this question is that it promotes a 60's view of love. In which case Love is indifferent to any sort of behavior. But Christ is love in that he died for the Ungodly as stated in Romans 5:6-8. Our need for a savior is due to their very judgement as us as Ungodly. So this defintion doesn't really fit in with the term "Tolerance". Which ironically wasn't developed in the Bible but during the Enlightenment of either the 18th or 19th century. I can't rememeber, and I have posted enough tonight.