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1 | Why the spotlight on gays? | Prov 6:16 | DocTrinsograce | 142320 | ||
Hi, brother Mark... I will not address the arguments of the authors of that article. I think they can stand on their own feet, and do so well in the light of scripture. Instead, let me pose a few rhetorical questions and thoughts: As I asked another, to what extent are we salt and light? What does being salt and light really mean? When we do something that actually prevents someone from committing a sin, is that not a service to our Lord? When we do something that actually encourages another to sin, are we not in some way responsible? Every sin is always the ultimately the responsibility of the one who commits the sin. Yet is there no such thing as corporate sin? What of the "solemn assemblies" that are mentioned in scripture and observed by our American Christian fore-fathers. Are those simply a misunderstanding of "we are each individually responsible for our sin?" God is a personal God, but don't we also see examples of God dealing with groups of people, not just individuals? Individualism is a modern secular philosophy taken to an extreme. It is not a Hebraic philosophy or even a Biblical philosophy. Responsibility for one's behavior does not insist on embracing individualism. As usual, the church adopts the philosophies of the world, paints them up to look presentable on Sunday morning, and calls them Christian. These questions and thoughts ought not be easily dismissed by the believer. We should wrestle with when we ought to "come out from among them" versus what it means to be salt and light. We shrug these things off at our own peril, for God will purify the Bride of His Son, regardless of whether we wash our hands in the fount of individualism or not. In closing, is it not worth the time to go to our Father and ask Him to search out our sin; regardless of the label; regardless of whether it is overt, covert, comitted, or omitted; regardless of whether it is strictly my fault or another's? Who cares about these things? All sin is infinitely odious, offensive, and insulting to a Holy God. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Why the spotlight on gays? | Prov 6:16 | EdB | 142341 | ||
Let me ask a question. Is not attempting to lay the blame for sin of homosexuality at the feet of the "church" paramount to blaming Jesus the head of the church for that sin? Is the problem truly saved people making up the true church of Christ or is the problem easy believe-ism that has lead many to believe they are saved when in fact they aren't? Is it not the teaching that you don't have to repent just believe, you don't have live holy just believe, you don't have to do anything just believe, that has lead us to this accusation? I’m sorry until I read in Scripture that my attorney, church and society will stand with me before God I think any attempt to shift the blame from an individual to any corporate body is false. EdB |
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3 | Why the spotlight on gays? | Prov 6:16 | DocTrinsograce | 142371 | ||
No it isn't. The church is not perfect. We will one day be presented to Christ as perfect after we have been washed fully in the Word. Any fault in the church is not a fault of Christ, any more than any fault in man is a fault of God the Creator. Easy believism elevates man and minimizes God. Repentance is the first command of our Lord. This article is calling the church to far greater holiness, not less... how did you get "easy believism" out of it? We can't just walk down an aisle (or roll/dance down it) and expect to be fully sanctified. In Him, Doc |
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4 | Why the spotlight on gays? | Prov 6:16 | EdB | 142405 | ||
Doc We can't just walk down an aisle (or roll/dance down it) and expect to be fully sanctified. Uncalled for cheap shot and we both know it! Back to the subject. Repentance is that what the article said? Or was it attempting to fix blame for the sins of individuals on church. Having read the the article that's how it reads to me. And isn't that more or less the homosexual position, it is everyone else's fault except those caught up in homosexuality? EdB |
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