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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 | mark d seyler | 142363 | ||
Hi Doc, It is extremely well worth the time to go to our Father, for Him to show me my sin that I might repent. This is what I must daily do. I appreciate your calls (not just here in this thread, but this seems to be a part of who you are) to greater holiness, and towards our responsibility to those we are with. If salt worked as leaven! "For a little leaven leavens the whole lump." But only a little salt will only stay a little corruption. Jesus said we are salt and light, and therefore we are. I would suggest that that which does not retard corruption is not salt, even tho it is in the Morton canister. Jesus, when He walked the earth, gave His light to the world. Now, He shines His light through us. To the degree that we hide that light under the proverbial basket, we are responsible to God. Perhaps if my homosexual (or, for that matter, proud, or thieving) neighbor or friend saw God's true light shining out from me, they might turn to God and be saved. May that be so, and may I never do anything to stumble another. It seems to me, and I could be wrong about this, that God dealt with nations in the Old Covenent, and in the New Covenant has removed the national boundries, and deals with each of us as individuals. I do not say I am not responsible for my neighbor or brother. God has given me ministry caring for those people whom He brings into my sphere of influence, and I have no desire to shirk that duty, and indeed, as Paul wrote, they shall be my "crown of rejoicing", and if I fail them, that will be my loss. Is there such thing as "corporate sin?" Is there sin which I commit for which you will be judged? Can your obedience or sin be literally caused by mine, or do I merely influence you, and you make your own choices. God will certainly call me to account for the influences I bring, but He will not judge me for your sin. In the Body of Christ, I am called to fulfill my role, as a toe or tongue or tailbone, and God have mercy on me when I don't fulfill it. I think what I am trying to say is that I feel a group responsibility, but individual accountability. Anyway, there is a lot I disagree with in the article being discussed, but I am glad for the discussion, because there is far too much fingerpointing and distancing. Jesus went right to the people who needed Him most, giving light to all men (and women :)) and we must do the same! Love in Christ, Mark |
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3 | Why the spotlight on gays? | Prov 6:16 | lionheart | 142366 | ||
Thanx my brother,this is exactly what I needed to hear today. Always your brother in Christ, lionheart |
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4 | Why the spotlight on gays? | Prov 6:16 | mark d seyler | 142368 | ||
Hi Lionheart, You bless me!!! I'm glad you're here. Love in Christ, Mark |
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5 | Why the spotlight on gays? | Prov 6:16 | lionheart | 142386 | ||
Mark,Greetings my brother. It would be so easy to throw in the towel.I think thats why God puts us in each others lives,He knew we would need help to make it. We help each other to stay faithful. I'm glad your here to my brother. I learn alot from you and all the other brothers. Your brother in Christ, lionheart |
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