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Subject: Homosexual debate at school help please |
Bible Note: Thanks Doc for your thoughts. Just to let you know where I stand, I agree with what was posted by Robin concerning what we are called to do and especially liked how Brother Tim reinforced and elaborated a bit further and as well what you have added. From my own standpoint, it seems to be such a daunting task for us to be able to disassociate the sin from the sinner. From my own perspective, within my immediate family, I arduously contend with alcoholics and their sinful addiction. It seems there are a few who can’t manage to socialize within a group unless the can throw back a few too many. I have taken such a dislike to their actions and what they inevitably lead to that there has grown resentment among us. I try fervently to disassociate what they do from who they are and my love for them, but the bitterness still grows and I personally have a hard time dealing with that. I love them to the point in which I cannot set idly by and I hate what they do to the point that I can’t. So it has been difficult, to say the least, to separate the sin from sinner as my love for them, in essence, compromises my hatred of their sin and my hatred of that sin does appear to compromise my love for them in the respect that our relationship changes. But I understand that I must continue to try and to that end, in all cases. I’ve tried to lead by example as well as speaking honestly to it in this particular case and pray they will see their error. “Love the sinner and hate the sin” is so very easily said, but much more difficult to live. Seems to me that I’m out of balance, but I am sure that I’ll be corrected. I’m praying that they’ll see the error of their way while I need to be looking at my own error as well and making the proper adjustments. “Thou hast no right, O Christian, to tolerate within thy bosom wrath, malice, anger, harshness, or uncharitableness, towards any creature that God's hands have made. When thou hatest the man's sins, thou art not to hate him, but to love the sinner, even as Christ loved sinners and came to seek and save them. When thou hatest a man's false doctrine, thou art still to love the man, and hate his doctrine even out of love to his soul, with an earnest desire that he may be reclaimed from his error, and brought into the way of truth. Thou hast no right to excrete thy hatred upon any creature, however fallen or debased, however much he may irritate thy temper, or injure thee in thy estate or reputation. Still hatred is a power of manhood, and we believe that all powers of manhood are to be exercised, and may every one of them be exercised as in the fear of God. It is possible to be angry, and yet sin not, and it is possible to hate, and yet not be guilty of sin, but be positively performing a duty. Christian man, thou mayest have hatred in thy heart, if thou wilt only allow it to run in one stream, then it shall not do mischief, but it shall even do good—"Ye that love the Lord, hate evil."“– C.H. Spurgeon “all sin is hateful to Christ, being contrary to his nature, to his will, and to his Gospel; and whatever is hateful to him should be to his people; and where grace is, sin will be hateful, both in themselves and others; and men's deeds may be hated when their persons are not; and hatred of sin is taken notice of by Christ, with a commendation,” – John Gill WOS |