Yet, repentance is an act upon your part, which as Ephesians describes, we are saved by grace, not by works.
Since you didn't even touch on the important part of that post I will just have to pray that you know and believe:
savedandhappy1 said:
Do you not believe that God hates sin? Do you not believe that God loves us so much that He sent His son to die for us?
In response to the only thing you addressed, Jesus said except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luke 13:2-5
2And
Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
3I tell you, Nay: but,
except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5I tell you, Nay: but,
except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Romans 10:9-12
9That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
James 2:14-20
14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works:
shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 20But wilt thou know,
O vain man,
that faith without works is dead?
You are believing an interpretation of the Bible, while simultaneously ignoring gays and lesbians for who they truly are. You ignore a valid sexual orientation where people are attracted to the same sex, and call those same sex acts as "sin". Any way you slice it, it's the same thing...
Who man says they truely are, not who God says they truely are to be.
Again valid sexual orientation defined by man not by God.
Nope not the same thing, but if you say it enough maybe it will become true to you no matter how much it isn't.
In it, your quote said this:
...so how was I making it look like you were saying something that you didn't?
Are you really having this much trouble putting the whole thought together in my post or do you just not have any true answers to them?
You are making the fact that I said sometimes the Lord has to wait till we hit rock bottom before He can get us to understand how much we need Him. So you want to tell me how that says I am happy about people having to hit rock bottom?
Again, please stop trying to change my words and make them say something they are not saying. Frankly, most people would understand that to me all of us have probably had to hit rock bottom or get close to it before fully surrendering to the Lord.
Golly, darn that would even mean me, and Oh yeah me really happy when I have to be chastise by the Lord, or allowed to follow my own path because I think I know best.
My point w/that, is that many feel their intentions are correct, that doesn't make it right. Although, that point can be used against me as well for the anti-gay arguers.
So this means I should start trying to make people think you are saying and doing things that you really aren't? Sorry, thats not my way.
As I've stated, I've used interpretations of the clobber passages, so I've never used this particular verse in that context, but it could be used as an interpretation that way. Does your soul have a sex to it?
I take the verse at face value to what it says...that there is no male or female in Christ, it says "for you are all one in Christ Jesus".
It would be a big leap to read these scriptures as a whole and take them in context to get them to mean what you want to use them for.
Also if you want to go that route, the bible says that the joining of a man and woman become one flesh like we and Christ become one spirit. Again plainly points out that it is man and woman, not man and man.