listen you are wasting you time, you know that? if you look back through the posts. you'd realize not only they are doing EVERYTHING they can to make it ALL about rebuking. but they keep twisting words to make it sounds like it is not ok to do lovingly or compassionately or christlikely.
All at the same time keep using the vague words i treat them rather nicely etc etc
only now that woman is back tracking a bit by saying you dont rebuke all the time
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I think talking to
you is pointless. If not for my love of debating important topics in general, I would have stopped responding to your foolishness and lack of discernment long ago.
You say that people who sin have no right to preach the gospel to homosexuals. Does that mean you do not sin ever? We already know the answer to that, so you're being a hypocrite. By your own standard, you are not fit to preach the gospel to them.
You say that you and others have a right to preach the gospel to them because you truly do it out of love, where as others on this thread do it out of hatred. We do not hate gay people. Just because we don't evangelize exactly the way you do it, doesn't mean we hate them. How prideful of you to think that only you and those that evangelize like you are truly loving homosexuals. Can you look into our hearts, and see our motives, and whether or not we truly love someone? No. Do you know us? Have you ever seen the way we interact with homosexuals in person? Have you ever seen the way I treat them, heard the way I talk to them? No. No. and No. Have you ever seen anyone on this thread say that we should share the gospel in an unloving or unChristlike way? NO. If so, please copy and paste their comment, so I can see this hatred of which you speak.
Preaching the gospel is not just about homosexuality. No one ever said it was. But this thread is about homosexuality, so the comments are on that subject. Just because someone preaches the gospel to homosexuals doesn't mean they are unwilling to acknowledge their own sins before God, and repent. You and many others are making all kinds of judgments about your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ that are totally without proof. Most likely you are attributing the bad behavior of some Christians to the people on this thread who have not done or said the same things.
Really. I want to see some clear examples of hatred that we are being accused of. Show me the video clip where I beat up a gay teenager. Show me the transcript of the conversation I had with the lesbian woman, where I was unkind to her. Put my heart on display on a big monitor and point out all of my motives, intentions, loves, hates, etc. Look for proof of my hatred of homosexuality, and what it does to people, and you will find plenty. Just like you will find proof that I hate murder, rape, domestic violence, etc. But if you are looking for proof that I hate the person who experiences same sex attraction, you will not find it. It does not exist.
In high school and college, I remember having 2 guy friends who were gay, and one friend who was bisexual. But I did not mistreat them in any way. In recent years the only homosexuals that I encounter that I have actually had a chance to get to know, have been coworkers, and not only was I not hateful towards them, but they liked me, and enjoyed talking with me. There have even been gay men that I have had a crush on. Thinking, if he wasn't gay, I would have no reservations about being in a relationship with him, because in other ways, they were great guys.
Again, as I stated before, God has not given me the gift of evangelism. I am comfortable speaking with other believers about these issues, and if religion comes up in conversation with non-believers, then I do share what the bible teaches. But I am not going around preaching the gospel, because that is not personally what I have been called and equipped to do. (Though I do pray that unbelievers of all kinds come to know the Lord.) Even though I know I'm not gifted to be an evangelist, I still feel disappointed sometimes, thinking that I missed opportunities to share the gospel with them. Yes, I was nice to them, and yes, they will remember me as a nice Christian. But I didn't present the gospel with them. Being nice is great. It is a way to love your neighbor as yourself. But it is no substitute for sharing the message of salvation. So I feel like I should be doing more. It would be interesting to see how many of those people would have liked me if I had presented the gospel to them. If I had told them that they were born sinful, that their lifestyle was sinful, and that they like me needed Jesus, or they would go to hell. I wonder if they would have thought I was still a nice Christian girl. My guess is they would have been offended, no matter how I worded it or timed it. I wonder how many of my friends on facebook would still be my friends if they understood all that I believe. I bet you, if I went on my wall, and did a post saying, just for the record, these are my beliefs as a Christian, and I just laid them all out, I'm sure the numbers would decrease drastically.
I say all of that to say, anyone accusing me of hating or mistreating gays is so wrong, it's not even funny. My guess is that God would want me to be more bold and confident, not "mind my own business" as some have suggested that I do. Seeing the lost saved is everyone's business, even if evangelism isn't our calling.
Stop beating up your brothers and sisters for simply agreeing with God and his word. That too is sin. And stop verbally attacking us for things we haven't even done or said. It's getting old.