"Zerubbabel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Ninure Saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:HOMOSEXUALITY & THE CHURCH
The most beautiful word in the Gospel of Jesus Christ is "whosoever" All
of God's promises are intended for every human. This doesnot include gay
men
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:or lesbians. How tragic it is that the Christian Church has excluded and
persecuted people who are homosexual! We are all created with powerful
needs for personal relationships. Our quality of life depends upon the
love we share with others whether family or friends, partners or peers.
Yet, lesbians and gay men facing hostile attitudes in society often are
denied access to healthy relationships. Jesus Christ calls us to find
ultimate meaning in life through a personal relationship with our
Creator.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:This important spiritual union can bring healing and strength to all of
our human relationships.Not a Sin, Not a Sickness
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NAS 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves,
nor
Quoted message said:the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit
the
Quoted message said:kingdom of God.
Two things about this list.
1) Homosexuality is not listed first nor is it emphasized as the worst of
sins.
2) Homosexuals will be excluded from the Kingdom of God.The length of your post suggests that you are in fact, aware that the
Scriptures condemn homosexuality. You spent much time trying to refute
and
Quoted message said:re-interpret what the text clearly condemn. And you have failed to point
out where the Scriptures condone and encourage homosexuality. Of course,
you could not do this because such Scriptures do not exist. Instead, you
are forced to try to obfuscate and confuse. Where are the homosexual
marriages that the Scripture mentions? Where are the lesbian lovers among
Jesus disciples? If God has blessed such, He would surely not have failed
to clearly inform us of that fact.One thing is special about homosexuality. It is a punishment from God
given
Quoted message said:to those who reject the clear revelation He has given. Is there any
wonder
Quoted message said:that homosexuality is rampant in a nation that has had so much knowledge
of
Quoted message said:the Gospel, but has rejected it and embraced evolution and hedonism. God
has revealed His Way, and the people have turned back to Egypt and pursued
sin.For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because
that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it
evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible
attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen,
being understood through what has been made, so that they are without
excuse.
For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give
thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish
heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and
exchanged
Quoted message said:the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible
man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity,
that
Quoted message said:their bodies might be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth
of
Quoted message said:God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the
Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women
exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the
woman
Quoted message said:and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing
indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their
error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God
gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not
proper,
Quoted message said:being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of
envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters
of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to
parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and,
although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such
things
Quoted message said:are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty
approval to those who practice them. (NAS Romans 1:18-32)The Christian Church also excludes fornicators, idolaters, adulterers,
effeminate (transvestites), thieves, the covetous, drunkards, revilers,
and
Quoted message said:swindlers, because God excludes them.
"Whosoever" is indeed a beautiful word. Paul continues with his excluded
list with these words: "And such WERE some of you; but you WERE washed,
but
Quoted message said:you WERE sanctified, but you WERE justified in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and in the Spirit of our God." (NAS 1 Corinthians 6:11) God
welcomes sinners. But He does not leave them as sinners. Stop trying to
justify your sin and let God justify, sanctify, and wash you clean.In love,
-Zerubbabel
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