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1 | How Holy Is Marriage? | Matt 16:6 | keliy | 213410 | ||
Hi Robert, just a note about your pondering of why the term “gay” was invented. In my eyes, it is the enemy who tries to avert our eyes from the truth. 'Gay' has always been a readily accepted word in the English and the homosexual agenda is trying hard to become accepted by society. This is no different from the pro-choice agenda that uses the word fetus instead of baby. satan is the master of deception and these are just tools he uses because he knows them to be successful. As to your words about the afflictions, I can only say that my heart and my prayers are with you. Lord Bless keliy |
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2 | How Holy Is Marriage? | Matt 16:6 | always learning | 213431 | ||
Kind Kiley, I submit to you the reason, perhaps, the word Gay was invented is because it’s not in the Word. The Word uses homosexual to describe behaviors rooted in the pleasures of lust and perversion. As I watched my wife’s oldest sun struggle with his “orientation” I observed our church community’s behavior and listened to them as he went before the Lord in supplication to ask for guidance. He was rebuked and prayed for with words of the law and damnation. His sin was unforgivable unless he was able to do what these fine Christians couldn’t. That was to be sin free. I watched my grandson Michael during his toddler years “choose” or prefer to pretend he was a princes with a magic wand. In his early play years, innocent, a babe, he enjoyed his imaginations of being feminine. It came to me! At five he had no lust or perversion in his heart or home. (My son is a Godly man, a good shepherd and he loves The Shepherd.) By middle school age he discovered his difference as it was pointed out by his peers. I will call Michael gay if that is what he will become. I live in sin because I married a woman who was divorced for adultery. I’ve made choices. (Ha! I’ve made my bed and must sleep in it?) This brings me back to the unanswered question about the unforgivable sin. In this note and earlier notes I did not say that homosexuals or the gay practicing homosexuality are not sinners. I offered the perspective of one who has been in the world on the streets praying for and with sinners. What I’ve learned from that season of my life the people of the streets and even some who are comfortable with earthly treasures need or Lord. God works in mysterious ways and even uses sinners to share the gospel. I was just passing through, looking for some study materials when I saw your question and was struck by the sincerity of your words. I hope just me is following our conversation and if so, I’m sorry if I’ve offended you. My intentions aren’t to quarrel or in anyway be more than I am. You both are fine just the way you are. I’m just trying to get home. No more, no less. Do not follow me because I am not the leader. always learning robert |
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3 | How Holy Is Marriage? | Matt 16:6 | Val | 213455 | ||
Dear Robert, it would be so easy to say that homosexual behavior can be continued after salvation. That would be the easy way out. But we can't say that can we. Not if we believe the bible to be reliable and inerrant. We must line our lives us to the plumb line of scripture and not vic versa. We cannot use human reasoning to change the plain teaching of scripture, that is what the world trys to do. There will always be trials and tribulations for all of us. This is how we grow. Try not to become bitter. Also equating marrying a divorced person is not continuing in sin as you say. Sin should be confessed as soon as the Holy Spirit convicts one. Read carefully the story of David, Bathsheba, Nathan and the Lord. David was forgiven as he repented and the Lord did not order him to put away his wife Bathsheba. As to a person being born a homosexual is something that cannot be proven. It is an opinion many believe to be false. To encourage something the bible teaches against would be wrong don't you think. I feel compassion for you and pray the Lord strengthens you with christian fellowship. Sincerely, Val |
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4 | What about these sins? | Matt 16:6 | always learning | 213466 | ||
Am I living in sin because I divorced my first not in accordance with the Word, and am married to a divorsed woman. Mt 5:32, Lu 16;18 and others both in old and new test. God hates divorce Mal 2:16. Help me understand my situation. always learning |
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5 | What about these sins? | Matt 16:6 | Beja | 213467 | ||
Let me just begin by saying that scripture does not actually give explicit advice for your situation. I mean that in the sense that while it gives plenty of advice for marriage and rules against divorce, had you followed the rules in existence you would not be married to this second spouse, yet the only way for you to in a sense go back and undo this would be yet another divorce. So you are caught between looking back to see sin led you here, and now you wonder if sin itself is the way out. That specific circumstance is not singled out in scripture. However, I will give you my attempt to answer your situation as long as we are both understood that what I am giving you is my best attempt at processing all the commands God gives concerning marriage and all that I know of God to try to think within the mind of Christ to answer this question. This is my attempt, and not "Thus saith the LORD." What we know is that any divorce is a sin to the one who divorces unless their spouse actually cheated on them. These are Christ's words. Paul also in 1 Corinthians 7:10-12 says that is a wife does through sin leaves her husband that she now has two options, she may either remain unmarried, or return to her husband. First I assume this applies to a husband who leaves also. Now what I'd like you to see is that after this person had sinned in unlawfully leaving a spouse, the sin was done and now must be decided how to keep from sinning further which naturally assumes the person is wishing to do God's will after the first sin, and there is some degree of repentence. You find yourself yet one step further in sin, you committed the divorce, then you married again, but now again you must see where do you go not to sin further. The first step is that this assumes the same repentence from you. You have sinned, you have done wrong in getting to where you are, and you do need to turn to go in serious repentence for this. However, you now have found yourself in the situation that you have made a second covenant before God in marriage. You can not make your past mistakes right by committing divorce a second time. Only the blood of Christ can make that right. If you repent, and you turn to fully seek God's will in your new situation, and you give your current spouse the committment before God you didn't give your first one, God will bless your marriage. We do not fix sin with sin. Cling to your new spouse with all your life. A critique against what I have said will surely be this: does this not leave people a way to do what they want, to leave their spouse, to marry again, and then cleverly say oh well, I guess now to obey God I must get exactly what I wanted! Surely people can play games with you and I and any rules we set up, but rest assured God knows their hearts. Galatians 6:7 says, "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life." So I say to you this, if it is your heart to repent entirely and turn both your life and this marriage you are currently in to God, you do well. If you seek to use this simply as a stamp of approval for your sin, God will know, and God will repay. Finally, I beg you to see no judgement of you in my post for that is certainly not my intention. Rather, fully edifying whoever should read this post, and not leading them to sin from halfly revealed truths has compelled me to portray fully the path to life and the path to condemnation within your situation. Read 1 Samuel chapter 12 for an encouraging story on God calling people on in faith when they have found that they have sinned. In love, Beja |
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6 | What about these sins? | Matt 16:6 | stjohn | 213470 | ||
Dear Beja... I'd just like to say, what a genuine pleasure it is to have you at SBF! It's not often we see such a well done post on so difficult a question as presented, and it's all too easy to just site Scripture and avoid the heart of the question and avoid addressing the difficulty those who are asking are going through in trying to justify their situation; and how we should deal with the sin that too often accompanies divorce. I wish I'd waited for a minute or two to read your post, before I posted mine. Very well done sir! A warm walcome to SBF! God bless John |
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7 | What about these sins? | Matt 16:6 | always learning | 213487 | ||
Beja, I hear Christ in you; I do not rejoice in my sin but only in my forgiveness. My sins keep me humble and they afford me the opportunity to be forgiving and offer to others the hope of salvation no matter how great or small their sin, because sin is sin. My wife and I have been accepted by the body of Christ. I cannot be an Elder or Deacon in any church setting as scripture says. Over the years we have been blessed with fruits of our ministries and with the blessings of leading people to the Lord. In some cases we have been privileged to continue close relation with them as they grew in strength and understanding, as we did many years ago. If you have read my other posts you will see I am not gifted in this type of setting. Afflicted with troubles of self control, I find myself too sensitive to mans condemnation of the sins of others save blaspheme. I endeavor to seek the face of the Lord and have found it in this forum. My heart grieves no more. God Bless you kind Sir robert |
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