There is no such thing as a divorced christian.

[onemessiah]

According to the logic of another thread posted in this forum.

So, how does it feel to believe that you were christian, only to be stripped of that title because someone else came up with a cockamemie theory about what defines a christian?

 

[Phinehas2]

I absolutely agree, God did not create divorced people, He created male and female to be united faithfully in marriage, Gen 2, Matt 19, Eph 5 etc. Divorce like same-sex unions is where Christians fall short of His glory and His purposes.

 

[onemessiah]

I absolutely agree, God did not create divorced people, He created male and female to be united faithfully in marriage, Gen 2, Matt 19, Eph 5 etc. Divorce like same-sex unions is where Christians fall short of His glory and His purposes.

I know that you agree. I just want to see how your brothers in Christ feel about it.

 

[onemessiah]

Or maybe I should have said "former brothers in Christ', since according to this they are no longer christians.


*note- This theory does not necessarily represent the views of Mr. Messiah. In fact, feel free to throw tomatoes at your monitor. Aim at the post two responses above this one for maximum results.*

 

[onemessiah]

Where Christians fall short....
So, we are Christians again now? That's a relief!

Oops...
Let's see how fast he can backpedal!

 

[Phinehas2]

Actually the word of God says Romans 3:19 "Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

It suggests all/everyone has fallen short.

 

[Criada]

Yes... we have, all of us.
But that doesn't mean we are not Christians.....

I fall short every day, in many ways. But praise God, His grace is sufficient... always. And He forgives and restores me, every time... not because I deserve it, but because He is merciful.
And I am a Christian, not because I deny my failings... but because He covers them with His amazing love.
And that is true of homosexuals, adulterers, gluttons, liars...... all of us who confess Him as Lord.

 

[Phinehas2]

Dear Criada,

And that is true of homosexuals, adulterers, gluttons, liars...... all of us who confess Him as Lord.

Not at all. In Christ our old self is dead, we are dead to sin, we are no longer sinners but Christians who repent from sin.
1 Cor 6 says this
"And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
Eph 5;3 "But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.
Col 3:5 "Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry."
Rom 6:1 "What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? "
Rom 6:11 "In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus."

 

[tapero]

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