I have upset enough people already
Undertaker #59 said:
You haven't been banned yet Vic...
What I don't understand about you bible thumpers that are SO passionate about what the bible teaches is how you can sit there and JUDGE people.
You should worry about your own life and your own beliefs. It is NOT YOUR place to judge ANYONE else.
Like you have a CLUE as to what GOD wants.
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But since I started this thread I will answer this one.
The Bible gives us a pretty good idea what God wants.The way I look at the scriptures is this.....I get my comfort from the fact that Jesus has stated that NOBODY is good enough to be saved on their own merrits or goodworks.This is good news for yours truly(me).Im one of the greatest sinners of all time.
Christian to me is not a goody2shoe.Certainly we are required to try and stop sinning.I dont believe its possible to completely stop sinning.We are required to try to stop sinning once we are saved.I was a alchoholic for many years,guilty of most sins.Drinking is gone but I still struggle with sin as we all do.Anyone that suggests they are Christian and dont struggle with sin is a liar.A homosexual can become a Christian just like anyone else.I dont happen to have the sin of homosexuality but there are plenty of other sins that are just as bad.Sin is sin I think?
The difference is this.....Homosexuality is a sin just like other sins.A person that is homosexuality has to confess this to God as a sin.He/she may struggle with this over a lifetime,possibly with many failures in that regard.But you cant be forgiven for something that you say is not a sin.To suggest that homosexuality is not a sin and to march in parades and to teach it to children in schools as a good alternative lifestyle etc is to spit in Gods face.He has already told us that it is one of the sins.
On the otherhand,a homosexual could come to the Lord in repentance asking forgiveness for their sin and be saved.This person might struggle with this their whole life asking fergiveness along the way,each time full of remorse.The latter could be a Christian.
When you march in a gay parade and argue in public that this is fine in Gods site,then you are in deep trouble if you should die in this state.
To repeat to people what the Bible says about things like homosexuality and abortion is not judging.I am the biggest sinner of all time.The difference I ask forgiveness almost daily for various sins.Jesus says he will forgive us each time...70 times 7 times was mentioned once(I have already passed that amount)
The good news is that salvation is a gift of God not of works lest any man should boast.I get a lot of comfort out of that because I know there is very little goodness in me on my own rightousnesss.
To argue what is sin and what is not sin,I think makes it pretty clear where each of us are in our spiritual life.
My only hope is Gods mercy.Mercy has the one requirement that we simply ask for it.Can you ask mercy and forgiveness for something that you already state you dont believe is a sin.
Admitting our sin is really the only requirement in receiving the free gift of God through Jesus,SALVATION
Im not going to argue with anybody regarding homosexuality/abortion etc.The bible is very clear about both of these.Repeatedly the Bible says that we where created by God in the womb.He knows the number of hairs on our heads.Homosexuality is very clear as well.Remember that Jesus was there when the world was created.He did not just apear 2000 years ago.Jesus is the WORD! John chapter 1 states that...in the beggining was the WORD and the WORD was with God and the WORD was God......goes on to say that he was in the beggining with God.Jesus is in fact God...He was there when Soddom and Gomorah was destroyed(could have been a modern day Mass/Boston.When the floods came etc.
The last command Jesus gave as a man on earth was spread the Gospel to every creature and nation.That means confronting the issues of the day in forums like this when they come up.
A Christian cant go out and vote for things like abortion and homosexuality...What will happen to the thousands and thousands of black Church goers that continually vote for the things that God despises.How they can say they are Christian and vote for abortions is beyond me.