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Subject: How does any Homosexual believe they are |
Bible Note: "Do any of you so willing to cast stones actually have any ground to stand on." Let's look at this lesson Jesus taught and see if the lesson fits here.. John 8:5-11 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 1. What does it mean to 'cast stones' as is depicted here? It means to CONDEMN TO DEATH or to punish the offender. 2. Did Jesus compromise the fact that adultery is a sin? No, He stated "Go and sin no more." As believers we are obligated to search out the truth about what is sin and what is not sin scripturally, and to WARN the world.This is not judging. Judging is to assess someone's relationship with the Lord based on their eternal actions which can be deceptive either way, good or bad. The Gosepel is the good news that Jesus paid for the sins of mankind The Gospel is not the good news that God ignores sin and no longer holds one accountable for their sin. This scripture is very much misquoted, most of the time in defense of sin. The Pharasees did not bring the woman to Jesus and say, "This woman was caught in the act of adultery. Do you agree that adultery is a sin?" No, they said, that this woman was caught and should be stoned...what say ye? Jesus did not come to comdemn the world to hell but rather to offer the world already condemned a way out! When believers tell others that something is sin, they are not 'stoning' them, but rather warning them. If sinners do not hear that all are sinners in need of a saviour, they will not know they need to turn much less that there is somewhere to turn. Now here lies the difference. There is a very active move in the homosexual community to call evil good and try to force everyone else through legal and any other means they can use to agree with that call. Practicing homosexals want to be told their sin is not sin. They wnat to convince others that their sin is not sin. Let's look at this from another perspective. Let's say a pastor stands before his congregation and says, "I am married and I am having sexual relations with another 'Christian' woman. This is not sin and you can't cast stones at me. I will continue as your pastor because I am not committing a sin, therefore you have to accept me. Also, you all must remember that God is a God of love and understands my needs." Or maybe he is a thief..and he stands and tells his congregation that he has been taking money from the treasury without anyone knowing, and now he has decided to tell them because he does not believe it is a sin because he needed the money and they did not pay him enough. And he intends to continue to take whatever he feels he needs and they have no right to cast any stones so he intends to continue stealing and remain their pastor.. How would you respond? This pastor is embracing his sin not acknowledging it, not allowing conviction in his heart, and not repenting. He is calling evil good and asking his congregation to agree with him by remaining silent. This is the message from the homosexual community. We are not sinning, and even if we are you have no right to say so. We can't be silent concerning sin, and not so much for the sinner, but for the young ones coming up who do not know..if we are silent, they will not know the TRUTH of the scriptures concerning this and all other sins. Now a repentant man or woman is just as forgiven as you or me, and is just as responsible to allow the Holy Spirit to transform them into the image of Christ as we are. But when someone does not want to repent, scripture tells us to not associate with them as brothers until they repent. God bless |