Craving universal brotherhood blinds the eye of even the astute and renders them Machiavellian . We love everyone and want to be loved by all, but we must remember that love is blind-not stupid. Religious harmony is desirable but not always workable. The bad reflection is not on God but on the human hearers. The Son of God warned that his teaching would bring the animosity of the world.
Intermittent obedience is disobedience-at least part of the time.
No amount of sincere yearning to be united with all men will change that basic truth. You cannot serve both God and mammon. Well, maybe, but finding out for sure is not hard. If the answer is no, then the person is unwashed. If the answer is no, the person is unsaved.