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1 | How to accept a gay relative | 1 Cor 6:9 | BMyers | 201665 | ||
Doc, I agree we can never compromise the truth of God's Word. Yet, there was a generation that was raised that believed in preaching the 'fire and brimstone' and very little of the love of Christ. Looking at the teaching of Christ, He dealt most severely with those who claim to be and should have had knowledge of the Word (in their time frame). Yet when dealing with sinners, Christ dealt with love for the person, never compromising on the guilt of sin. Maybe you look at the term 'witness' differently than I. Witness as defined by Webster: 1: attestation of a fact or event : testimony 2: one that gives evidence; specifically : one who testifies in a cause or before a judicial tribunal 3: one asked to be present at a transaction so as to be able to testify to its having taken place 4: one who has personal knowledge of something 5 a: something serving as evidence or proof : Yes, I want my life to be a witness for Christ. AC 22:15 ‘For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard. Converting people to Christ is not the same as a witness for Christ. I prayer that I have planted many more seeds than I have sown. I wish I had reaped more, but that is the human side of me. I know there was time in my walk with Christ that I would spend more time trying to do the work of the Holy Spirit and convict people of their sin than showing the love of Christ. I’m not sure why you would think that I feel God is anything less than Holy and perfect? I don’t believe that I’m over emphasizing the love. 1CO 13:13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. MK 12:29 Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; MK 12:30 AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’ MK 12:31 “The second is this, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” LK 10:27 And he answered, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” LK 10:28 And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE.” Please understand I don’t believe that we should walk around throwing flowers everywhere and stick our head in the sand concerning sin. Unfortunately, I feel that many of churches today have compromised the Gospel to make it more appealing to the masses. I agree that there is no need to compromise the Gospel in any way, shape, or form. Just knowing Jesus loves you is the first step, understanding the importance, the cost, and the ramafication of Jesus love brings you into the full light of the Gospel. When you read how Jesus dealt with the sinners, He dealt with them in love and He did not compromise His message. Speaking from my own experience, I was real good at getting the message out there, but without the love, it was hollow words. Are there times you have to ‘overturn the tables’? Yes! I also feel there are times that we have to eat with the ‘tax collectors and sinners’. Both lead to the Gospel being preached, but just in different manners. If my terminology offended you, I apologize. I feel that we are most likely trying to say the same thing, yet like I have said many times, I’m just a common man. I wish I had the time and the money to seek a theological training, but that isn’t the path that the good Lord has sent me down (yet at least). Brad |
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2 | How to accept a gay relative | 1 Cor 6:9 | azurelaw | 201669 | ||
Dear Brad, May I throw a bit of my thought here. There were 2 groups of sinners (allow me to put it this way) I see in Jesus' time: One group contained those who were despised, rejected or even cursed by those religious leaders and the other people. I believe those sinners knew of their inferior situation by the condemnation of the Pharisees' for what they had done. "...for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin."(Rom 3:20) Then they were in need of the Gospel (Jesus). Thus we did not see Jesus rebuking them but exercising His love and compassion onto them. The other group was the Pharisees or likewise who did not regard themselves as sinners but righteous. They were blind, stonehearted. Thus Jesus rebuked them for their great sin. Yet, Jesus still died for them. Therefore, I still can see how it works with the Law and Gospel. Just my 2 cents :-) Shalom Azure |
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