From: nobody (Anonymous)
Subject: THIS IMMORAL NEWSGROUP SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN!
Date: 20 Dec 1994 23:57:48 -0600

One of my friends just told me that someone posted a very distasteful
article about Jesus to this newsgroup.  As a Christian, I am very
offended.  Although I have not read the article myself, I heard that is
was VERY, VERY bad.

Although I think that what that person did was very wrong, I will not
judge him.  Only God is the ultimate judge of all people.  In Matthew 7:1,
Jesus said "Judge not, that ye be not judged."  According to the Bible,
there is only one sin for which a person cannot be forgiven, so there is
hope even for that person to eventually be saved.  I am praying for him.

Ultimately, everyone is entitled to their own beliefs.  While we are
entitled to believe what we want to believe, we should respect the beliefs
of others, even if we don't agree with them.

I believe that only Jesus Christ can save your soul.  You are free to
believe anything else, although you would be wrong.  Joining any other
religion will not get you into heaven.

What's more, I am willing to tell you what some other Christians on the
Internet seem to be afraid to tell you.  There is a consequence for not
accepting Jesus as your Savior.  That consequence is that you will go to
hell.  Hell is not a fun place where you will see all of your friends.  It
is a place of extreme suffering--of terrible torment.  Even one second in
hell will be more torture than anyone has ever experience on earth in a
lifetime.  In hell, you are tortured forever!

I am telling you this because believe it or not, I love you.  Jesus
instructed us to love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:39).  I am
writing this because I happen to care about the people who are reading
this.

God sent his son to die for your sins.  God loves you so much that if you
were the only person on the planet, he would have sent his son to die for
you alone.  All you have to do is ask him to be your Savior, and you would
then become a Christian and would then go to heaven.

Believe me--you will worship Jesus eventually.  In Philippians 2:10-11,
the Bible says "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things
in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;  And that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father."  The only question is:  Will you worship him now and go to
heaven, or will you worship him later and go to hell?  I get down on my
knees every day to pray for all of you.

The other night, I dreamed that I was alive during the time that Jesus
lived.  In my dream, I walked around the Sea of Galilee with him and the
crowds, hearing him teach.  One of the worst parts of the dream is where I
saw him carrying the cross to Golgotha to be crucified.

I shrieked in horror as I saw the Roman soldier nail him to the cross.  I
heard the bloodthirsty crowds cry out for his blood.  Oh, how sinful man
can be!  I ran out to the foot of the cross where Jesus was being
crucified.  I fell down on my face and knees, sobbing profusely.  I am so
undeserving of God's ultimate sacrifice for me--the giving of his only son
to save me from what I rightfully deserve--an eternity in hell.  Jesus
died to save you, too.

Then I heard Jesus say "Stand up, my son, for your sins have been
forgiven."  Feeling totally unworthy of his forgiveness, I just stood
there on my face and knees, weeping.  Eventually, I get up off my knees,
dried the tears from my eyes, and dusted myself off.

Suddenly, I noticed the crowds behind me.  They had been crying out for
blood all of this time.  They seem to enjoy seeing people crucified.  To
me, this represents the epitome of sinful man.  I looked up at the cross
of Jesus.  What a horrible sight to see him suffer that way.  But it had
to be done.  There was no other way that man could have been brought into
a right relationship with God.

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