Posted on 11/15/2004 6:38:13 PM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
I believe that you will find this thread "article", written by me, worth reading.
Thank-you to those who take the time to read it.
Otherwise, Christians fall into the same trap as Moslems where the entirity of their law (sharia) is based on suppositions about what the Prophet and his Disciples might have said, might have done, or could have thought about something.
About 1000 AD they locked their law in place. It has been unchaged ever since. That's why the knock brickwalls over on convicted homosexuals and abuse their women.
It's best of Christians speak where the Bible speaks, and remain silent where the Bible is silent.
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Sin is sin. Whether it is sodomy, murder, stealing, or cheating on your taxes; sin separates us from God. The only sin God cannot forgive is the unrepentant sin. No sin is to be proud of, not even homosexuality.
Obviously, you don't understand the Bible or how it is applied in a believers life.
Not being critical, but based on what you posted, is completely wrong.
DEM: Practice safe Sin
REP: Practice NO Sin!
For the first 300 years Moslems devised the Sharia by asking "What would Mohammad do"?
We would be denying Him and those who do not know what Jesus said about denying Him would surely be blessed if you could go dig it out and remember that what He said applies to all that he ever said and taught.
It's all there in His Word and if it isn't in His Word don't sweat it for there is nothing hidden pertaining to salvation.
On the other hand the title of the piece had that old "What would Jesus do" business in it.
Once you have Jesus in hand there's no reason to then imagine yourself in His place pondering the question.
In addition to the quote above about man and woman becoming one flesh, Jesus 'spoke' volumes about his regard for marriage by performing his very first miracle at a wedding.
Jesus spoke about those things that people were confused about in scripture. The people in 1st century Jerusalem understood perfectly and agreed with the Biblical teaching on sexual immorality so he didn't HAVE to speak to them about it.
Leviticus 18:22 THOU SHALT NOT LIE WITH MANKIND AS WITH WOMANKIND: IT IS AN ABOMINATION
The last of Romans Chapter One is clear.
So you are implying that Christians would fall into the same trap, as in "WWJD" and fall into the same mindless totalitarian set of laws ?
If so, that is not even worthy of a response.
Romans 1:27 And likewise also the men,leaving the natural use of woman, burned in their own lust one toward another, men with men working what is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
Amen to your comments BUMP.
Let's just leave it at that.
HOMOSEXUALITY AND WITCHCRAFT are not little sins....
BOTH ARE ABOMINATIONS TO GOD
When you ask WWJD you put yourself in place of God.
This is why you were given a scripture ~ to see what God Himself said about the matter. There's really no need to commit idolotry when all you have to do is read, or consult with someone who knows the scriptures.
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