The Cairo Debate — Page 4
and reflection made no difference. In the second round he was worse. Here are my notes:. It appears from the gospels that men are of two kinds evil-doers and righteous. To paint every one with the brush of sin is tantamount to denouncing the explicit teaching of the gospels. Thus we read: "Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. ” (Mt. 13: 17) "So that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven%; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. " (Mt. 5:45) 4 "As he spoke by the mouth of his holy. Prophets from of old. " (Lk. 1 : 70) "Because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the. Holy Spirit spoke from God. " (Pet 1: 21) "There you will weep and gnash your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out. " (Lk. 13:28) "We know that any one born of God does not sin, but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him. " (Jn. i 5: 18) "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. . . for so men persecuted