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03/29/2003: "Parable of Persecution"

Due to the wrongly perceived wickedness of the drug culture, the war
on drugs has been unanimously supported by the church. What we fail
to see is that the church is responsible, for we have 'thrust them out
of our tents and exposed them to all the evils of the night in an
unguarded condition'.

That is why God rejects no one until the day of judgement and Jesus
accepts all. For you can not love what you find unacceptable, and
rejecting a part is rejecting the whole. Keeping from sin is not what
makes the road narrow, loving like Jesus is.

This parable was found in a pleasantly surprising book -
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. He found it so profound that
he committed it to memory so that he could recite it. A good example
to follow.

Parable of Persecution

"And behold, a man, bowed with age, came from the wilderness, leaning on
a staff. "

And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, 'Turn in, I pray thee, and
wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early on the morrow,
and go on thy way..'

"But the man said, 'Nay, for I will abide under this tree.'

And Abraham pressed him greatly; so he turned, and they went into the tent
and Abraham baked unleavened bread, and they did eat. "And when Abraham
saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, 'Wherefore dost thou
not worship the most high God, Creator of heaven and earth?'

"And the man answered and said, ' I do not worship the God thou speakest of,
neither do I call upon his name; for I have made to myself a god, which abideth
always in mine house, and provideth me with all things?'

"And Abraham's zeal was kindled against the man, and he arose and fell upon
him, and drove him forth with blows into the wilderness.

"And at midnight God called unto Abraham, saying, 'Abraham, where is the
stranger?'

"And Abraham answered and said, 'Lord, he would not worship thee, neither
would he call upon thy name; therefore have I driven him out from the before
my face into the wilderness.'

"And God said, 'Have I borne with him these hundred ninety and eight years;
and nourished him and clothed him, notwithstanding his rebellion against me;
and couldst not thou, that art thyself a sinner, bear with him one night?'"

Related Resources

The Persecuted

Todd McCormick
http://www.toddmccormick.org/
Editor's note: Take the Quick Tour

Peter McWilliams
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/wfbuckley/wfb000622.shtml

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/

Did the Founding Fathers of the United States of America smoke cannabis?
http://www.pdxnorml.org/7_presidents.html