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1 | who is pure from sin | 1 John 1:9 | Norrie | 38081 | ||
I'm on a forum w/many gays who claim to be Christians. I guess that's a matter between them and God? But there are some that say things like David and Jonathan were lovers and shoot down all the verses that condemn homosexuality, in other words they just pervert the Gospel. But then there are some that really sound sincere, just maybe misguided, actually believe it's natural and are monogamous. So I got to wondering about them, which led to thinking about me too. I know when I first got saved, I had so many things wrong w/me that it took a long time to be delivered from them. I didn't quite understand repentance either. So I've always wondered, did I get saved then or later, it always bugs me. I know even while I was still doing things that were considered sin like pot smoking, which I didn't see was all that wrong, just illegal, or drinking, was I saved or not and why is their sin worse than mine? I decided I won't say anybody's not saved but the ones that are in your face and into serious scripture perverting, those I seriously doubt. How much time can you spend defending your sin and still be a Christian? I confess I'm powerless over eating, esp. sweets but I've still not got delivered. Pray for me! |
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2 | who is pure from sin | 1 John 1:9 | Reformer Joe | 38098 | ||
Norrie: Your post raises some really good issues. I think even today you and I both look at things in our lives that are offensive to God's perfect holiness and decide for ourselves that they are "no big deal." Even in our current state of being adopted children of God, we still are much worse in our behavior than even we think we are. I have recommended this book many times on this forum, and I will do so again now because I have found it to be the most helpful and biblically-sound book on this issue of grace, faith, sin, obedience, and salvation and how they all play together in the Christian life. It is called _Righteous Sinners_ by Ron Julian, and I am going to plug christianbook.com as well simply because the book can be picked up for a couple of bucks there. It is easily worth 10 times that amount for the wealth of biblical exegesis found there, and it is so immensely practical, rather than being abstract. As for homosexuality and the Bible, Paul is pretty clear in Romans 1 that it is the highest form of being given over to depravity. I am not saying that one cannot be saved from homosexuality, but to read Paul's extreme condemnation of the practice in no uncertain terms and to simply dismiss that makes me seriously doubt the spiritual condition of anyone who says that gay is okay. Imagine someone who is a murderer going around saying that all of the prohibitions against murder are all culturally-based and that David was a murderer (Uriah), so murder is really okay. It just doesn't wash, and they are exchanging the truth of God for a lie. --Joe! |
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3 | who is pure from sin | 1 John 1:9 | Norrie | 38145 | ||
So if someone exchanges the truth for a lie, no matter how saved they profess to be, it can't be so? | ||||||
4 | who is pure from sin | 1 John 1:9 | meusing | 38148 | ||
We look to the Scriptures for the truth. The question I think should be, if we are saved, would we defend a lifestyle that is offensive to God? The Holy Spirit brings the scriptures to our memory to convict us of our sin (John 16:7-11) so that we can apply this verse and recieve cleansing. So how can we continue sinning? (Rom 6:1) |
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