Religion With or Without Hate

I have been reading about believers in India who are being chased away from their homes and villages.  This is not being done by extreme Muslims, but it is being done by Hindus, and they are following recent rulings by the national assembly.

It is always hard to understand religion that hates and feels so threatened by other beliefs.  James Michener, in his book called POLAND, tells of Crusaders who returned to Germany after their last Crusade.  They did not know what to do with themselves so they decided to evangelize the land of Poland.  What they meant by this was that they would go to Poland and kill every person they could find and then bring German people there to repopulate the land. 

It does not matter what religion is involved, there is something wrong when hate becomes the motivation for dealing with other people.  The Bible teaches that God loves the world so much that He sent His Son into this world to be a sacrifice for the sins of all people.  “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

It is the responsibility of every believer in Christ to love all people and proclaim the good news that God loves them.  There is no point in the Gospel message where that love is to turn to hate and we are to force people into a relationship with God.  Responding to the Gospel message is a matter of choice.  People are expected to decide whether they will believe or not believe. 

It is difficult to know that people are already condemned to an eternity without God if they don’t believe the Good News of the Gospel, and then wait for those same people to respond to God’s message.  God does not expect us to make anyone believe.  Just tell the Good News and leave it up to the person and God.  It is not between us and them but between them and God.  Tell the Good News in such a way that people know that you love them and God loves them.