tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447457.post5626060371588036611..comments2023-09-20T13:18:11.947+01:00Comments on Graham's Uncommon Place : The man of bloodGraham Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06780884820746512099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447457.post-73141921143932470292009-10-11T21:16:33.108+01:002009-10-11T21:16:33.108+01:00I strongly disagree. God's forgiveness is alwa...I strongly disagree. God's forgiveness is always for the repentant. The reasons for the Republican cause as well known and have my sympathy. I do not care to hear his excuses for murder. It is wrong. The man is a convicted multiple murderer. That is his condemnation and I did not judge him. The court did. Genuine Christians among his victims say they have forgiven him. That is a personal decision for them. There is a difference between personal forgiveness which is not relevant to me here as he has not personally hurt me. This is a simple legal mater of justice. He did not serve his time. I would say the same about any unrepentant criminal. It has nothing to do with Irish nationalism, a cause which has my sympathy. The man should have faced the death penalty. Execution would have been justice. I pray he repents of his sins.Graham Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780884820746512099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447457.post-58887480214193064542009-10-11T18:02:51.968+01:002009-10-11T18:02:51.968+01:00I believe the man deserves to be forgiven. You nee...I believe the man deserves to be forgiven. You need to find out why he took up arms and his reasons for believing that the spilling of the blood of others is the right way to achieve what he believed in. Your conclusion was not objective, and to me unChristian. The Christian nature will not condemn a man/woman insisting on seeing the figure 6 on the floor, because the Christian sees figure 9 from his/her own side. <br /><br />The genuine Christian will follow the admonition of the Lord to move to the side of the person seeing figure 6, and that is what the organisers are doing. It is through objective acts like these the message of redemption can be preached in a humble, and not arrogant, manner. <br /><br />Jesus Christ did not need to come to earth in human flesh to convince us to follow Him. But His understanding of the human nature which He experienced Himself on earth is the root of the grace we so much have in abundance in our lives despite our waywardness. If that were not so, till eternity, no Black person should EVER have anything to do with whites because of the savagery with which they treated us before, during and after the slave trade. <br /><br />But the objective Ministry of the Lord is a veritable means of support. The Irish nationalist should be understood. If not, all Englishmen stand condemned before the Throne of Grace for the atrocities committed by their ancestors against other people in times past. <br /><br />We should follow Christ's admonition at all times that, because we've been forgiven, we should learn to forgive others. If we don't, He also is patiently waiting ...As It Ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08310907253531913805noreply@blogger.com