I don't know who Jack Chick is, but I'm assuming that is negative.
From my viewpoint, ReligiousTolerance is just about as reliable of a source as anyone on this forum.
Afterall, unless it's directly from God and I know it, I assume it's all just Man's Wisdom. And Man's Wisdom is all the same, unreliable at best. That goes for a website or someone saying a website isn't good. Both are fools just like me. But if everyone is a fool....even ourselve.s........WHAT DO WE DO!?!?! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
WE'D HAVE TO.................BUT NO! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!
If we're all fools, the only thing really to do is to love everyone, treat everyone fairly, give everyone equal treatment, and not care about others sins but let God handle their sins NOT US, while we just handle Loving them. Do we dare drop our hate for "sinners" like homosexuals and treat them as human beings? If we are all fools, WHAT DO WE DO!?!?!?! Let God handle everything and mind our own business only paying attention to Love, Love, Love, and more Love? Bbbbbut that's crazy! THATS CRAZY! TREAT HOMOSEXUALS LIKE HUMAN BEINGS WHOM GOD LOVES?!?!?! WHAT?!?!?! WHAT DO WE DO!?!?!?!?!? AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
If you couldn't tell, I was being sarcastic. Other's sin is none of our business. Our business is our own sin (and realizing it everyday, and repenting every single day, lest we become prideful self-righteous man's-wisdom bible-thumpers) and LOVING OTHERS. Treating them like human beings, and seeing no difference between a pastor and a homosexual couple. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH EQUALLY SINNERS!!!
It is SICKENING how christians look at a pastor as someone "holy" while they look at homosexuals with hatred in their hearts. There's no difference between a pastor and a homosexual, no difference between a priest and a prostitute.
But do Christians condemn the pastor for using his own wisdom instead of God's wisdom? HECK NO! But Christians will be the first to point that homosexuals shouldn't be allowed to marry. Why? Not because God won't allow them to marry, because God allows everyone to do anything. God allows murder to happen, God allows people to lie, cheat, or steal. And even if homosexuality were a sin (I don't know if it is or not, and nor can I say because God never told me, nor is it any of my business because I myself am not gay.) God would still allow them to be married. Just like how God allows two people who are not meant for each other to marry. There's no laws stopping that.
The reason we have so many christians hating homosexuals but loving self-righteous pastors who use their own wisdom instead of God's, is because we have so many christians relying on Man's Christianity instead of God's Christianity. This sickens me. And I know it sickens God even more.
A Christian's business is to love everyone regardless of any sin, and to stay out of other people's business. Other's sin is God's business.
The Holy Spirit Convicts, NOT Mr.Bible Thumping Self-Righteous with a heart of hate towards homosexuals.
I'm not pointing fingers to anyone specific with this message, but here I say this as a warning to all:
Everyone can go ahead and praise self-righteousness pastors and see homosexuals are abominations, but regardless if homosexuality is a sin or not, God sees homosexuals just like he sees EVERYONE, his wonderful children whom he loves. And from what I know of God, he despises pride and self-righteous christians more than he does homosexuals. It is NOT the job of a christian to condemn, but to love. For a Christian to say judge someone based on homosexuality is for them to put themselves as God. We're not God, only God can judge. And it's NONE of our business to judge those outside of the church. Nor is it our business to judge sin. Don't put yourself on the same level of God. Pride is a foul stench in the nostrils of God.
If homosexuality is a sin, the Holy Spirit will naturally convict them of it. Man doesn't need to step in and do God's work for Him. He is completely capable of convicting sin by Himself, without the help of Mr.Self-righteous.
I agree with this post, and a lot of others. Very good posts peeps, and Charles -- great job. As a gentile Christian I too believe the law is circumcized into our hearts now through baptism of The Holy Spirit. (I still believe in both baptisms, but I'd say baptism of The Holy Spirit is the greatest baptism).
I have grown up eating pork, but one year I got so sick from the pork I nearly died. This is not a lie. I eat very little pork now because it makes me sick. I eat shellfish like maybe once a year. I had crab legs about two months ago, really tasted good, but hadn't had crab legs in about four years. So, it was just a treat. God had good reasons for not wanting us to eat certain foods.
Lobsters are now considered by science to be the coachroaches of the Ocean and crabs are like spiders. Ewwwwwwwwww! Also, pigs eat very bad things, this is one of the reasons I believe I get sick. Cows eat the cud as do sheep. I've studied nutrition and am a semi vegetarian, but this is why this "meat" is better for us.
However, I don't truly compare homosexual acts to eating crab legs once in a while -- every four years.
But back to this post above -- yes The Holy Spirit convicts us, but I had a lot of brothers and sisters in Christ praying for me and coaxing me out of the pit of hell in sin I was in.
I'm glad they didn't give up on me and leave me helpless down a well.
Ya know, we have to let The Holy Spirit convict, but are we, as Christians, going to walk by on the other side of the road when someone, anyone has fallen down a well?
Should we just leave them there, or help?
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You know most of us who believe The Bible, the word of God is true, are trying to help in our best way, also. We believe sharing the word is love also.
And, I believe the law is written on our hearts, too!
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p.s. Main food poisoning I've only had -- thanks to clams.
I mean when reading the Bible I can see people were/are so stupid, God had to tell us what to eat, and yet I see so few thanking God for everything.
This is what Christianity is about to me. Thanking God for everything and living to please him and accepting his gift of his sacrifice on the Cross -- but that doesn't mean sinning on purpose as though our grace will increase!
JP you crack me up.
