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1 | how can we minister to homosexuals | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 209496 | ||
Hi, Brother Jeff... It is a very old position to take. The one you are espousing is the more recent one. I'm simply stating that Scripture denies that a man can serve two masters. You argued the "and such were some of you" of 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. Note the past tense, buddy. How do you think those folks who ONCE WERE practicing drunkenness, adultery, deception, thievery, sorcery, and idolatry differed in behavior from the lost guys that ARE NOW practicing drunkenness, adultery, deception, thievery, sorcery, and idolatry? :-) The teaching of Christ and the apostles doesn't allow for one foot on the dock and the other in the boat. Every genuine conversion is accompanied by radical change. We never, ever suggest to lost people who are acting like lost people, talking like lost people, and sinning like lost people that they might be stealth Christians. Because, bro, there ain't no such critter. The only hope for anyone is through redemption in Jesus Christ. Those who willfully practice sin can be wonderfully and marvelously saved... and when they are saved, the willful practice of these kinds of sins will disappear. They will no longer be the "them" of 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, but they will become the "you" of verse 11. In Him, Doc |
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2 | how can we minister to homosexuals | Bible general Archive 4 | humbledbyhisgrace | 209511 | ||
Brother Doc, Do you think what Jeff is saying is that one "practicing drunkenness, adultery, deception, thievery, sorcery, and idolatry" MIGHT (as in IS, or MIGHT already be) saved? Steve |
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3 | how can we minister to homosexuals | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 209550 | ||
Dear Brother Steve, I understand what he means and what he intends. I'm trying to help him to say it in a doctrinally precise way, such that it can't be leveraged or twisted by fallen human hearts. We encourage one another to be good stewards of the truth. Sometimes we get so worried about being judgmental, that we shy away from the mandate to be discerning. We worry too much about eliminating someone's hope. But it isn't their hope that saves them. In Him, Doc |
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4 | how can we minister to homosexuals | Bible general Archive 4 | jlhetrick | 209614 | ||
Well Doc, thanks for your concern brother, however, pretending not to understand what I have said in order to get me to say it the way you think it should be said isn't helpful; at least it isn't helpful to me. My worry certainly was about being judgmental. And it was about being too jugemental. In other words... too judgmental that we would in fact be sinful (which I have plainly laid out) and too judgmental that we would not think it necessary to witness to any individual and/or group. I can't think of a more doctrinally precise way of saying anything than to let the Scriptures say if for me as I have done well here. Thanks, Jeff |
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