Subject: how can we minister to homosexuals |
Bible Note: Doc- thanks for the response brother. Not sure though, what you meant by never rendering assurance as it applies to my post; if you would clarify please. Thank you for offering further context to my reference. Let's back the context up in the other direction so that we gain even further understanding. Matthew 7:1-2 (ESV) 1 "Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Is Christ contradicting Himself when shortly after he offers the warning of false profits? The question is rhetorical of course. We know He was not. Recognizing false teaching (and that by the fruit) and judging the eternal state of another is two very different things. The immediate context seems to make that clear. So that we don't miss the essence of the question (and of my response to tyboswell) the focus here was/is on how to witness to someone in sin (in this case, homosexuality). To jump to equating the homosexual sinner with a false prophet (the context of your bible passage refernce) doesn't appear an accurate position to take. Let us never forget that the grace of God is capable of delivering every person from a lifestyle of sin, even the homosexual. I was no better in mine than the homosexual is in his or hers. Lord forgive me if I ever think it’s mine to look upon another and judge his eternity. I liken that to David's own concern in Psalm 19:13. Tyboswell, if your reading along…. Sorry for straying from the focus of your question. We tend to do that when parts of posts seem to require attention or clarification. It’s part of the process. God bless, Jeff |