Well, you might as well fess up. Are people devil's children?
The people who have not repented of sin, and been washed of them by the blood of Christ, are still the children of the devil.,
OR can you possibly see the reality that unseen demons are in fact the devil's children, and not people?
Got a scripture stating the opposite of 1 John 3:8-10 ?
It is written..."He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."
Uh huh. Instead they sentence their unsaved neighbors to burn alive forever. Oh, and they say it's God, not them. But that's not the only sight available from scripture.
The devil's children do nothing of the kind.
So what is really happening with that view is that it is showing the intentions of the heart of the readers claiming such things, ala the reality Jer. 17:9
Thanks be to God we can destroy the old man described in Jer 19, and be reborn of God's seed !
By my own sight I can't even blame the people making such claims as I know for a fact it's simply demonic influences in the claimers, and not the people.
I feel that the demons spend their time trying to make God's word null and void.
Words like these, from Jesus Christ..."Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal." (Matt 25:44-46)
I don't know where you derive that you are better than your neighbors whom we're commanded to love by Jesus from cover to cover in the Bible. Do you actually read what Jesus said below?
I don't recall claiming such a thing, but if you feel that living according to God's wishes makes one a better person, you would be correct.
The haters of God also hate God's children.
I can see by this guy that God basically disregards his claims of righteousness in favor of the truthful man, whom by the way didn't even know Jesus:
Luke 18:
9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other:
Even the best of the OT still were not accounted as righteous, when compared to how we can be since Jesus' resurrection.
So, you see, you can be justified only if you're TRUTHFUL to the fact of being a sinner, even if you're not a believer in Jesus.
Even that sort of honesty will avail one nothing, if it isn't accompanied by a true turn from sin, and baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of past sins.
On this basis alone I'd suggest there are far far far more honest UNSAVED people in the world who will be justified long before any other self righteous liars in the churches. Nothing personal mind you
Their justification will depend on their belief in Christ.
And those that believe in Christ, would rather die than commit a deed that would make Him sad.