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A good example of God being exclusive is found in the chapter we happen to be studying tonight in Prophets and Kings at church: "Because of the cruelty and treachery of the Ammonites and Moabites toward Israel, God had declared through Moses that they should be forever shut out from the congregation of His people. See Deuteronomy 23:3-6. In defiance of this word, the high priest had cast out the offerings stored in the chamber of God's house, to make a place for this representative of a proscribed race. Greater contempt for God could not have been shown than to confer such a favor on this enemy of God and His truth. PK 669.2"

Contrasted with Jesus and the woman at the well you have your point that God is both inclusive where we aren't and exclusive when we aren't.

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Thanks for sharing, Joshua! That's a good example.

Of course, though this is off-topic, it's interesting that Ruth was a Moabite - which means David would have been one!

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The principles of exclusion and the reason/s why contained in 1 Cor 5:4-5, 9-12 seems to apply here. While I beleive we should seek to be as inclusive as possible (and have often failed to do so), there is a line/s that once crossed requires exclusion.

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