Blasphemy and edification

an addendum to stop the damn damning

Acts 13:45, the Jews at Antioch contradicted and blasphemed those things spoken by Paul. Blasphemy in general is speaking against. Motive and meaning are important! God breathed his words. One does not speak against something unless one is meaning to attack something, regardless of what words one uses. Attacking something (or someone) is usually filled with deception which in truth is lies. A lie is an abomination to the Lord. Again, it is all in the motive and meaning. If it is to tear down: it is blasphemy and an abomination.

The charge (first epistle of Thessalonians) for Christians is to edify. Love one another, honor one another, serve one another, bear WITH one another, submit to one another, be kind and forgive one another, EXHORT one another. Encouraging anyone and everyone to become like Jesus in a relational way, regardless of their religious identity, theology, "credentials", and putting personal motives aside, might just be what Jesus meant when he said go, and make disciples. He didn't say go and rip all those apart that may not fit 'your' church, ideology or isms.

Love one another is a commandment, not a suggestion.