Please see my #25. I can't speak for the other poster(s), but I agree wholeheartedly that we cannot affirm their lifestyle as it reflects poorly on God's work.
I merely was agreeing that we cannot hide ourselves either and that there are some who would judge like the Pharisees did for merely drinking wine or "being with the undesirables".
Althought we are not of this world, we do live in this world, and as such must reach out to evangelize in a way that does not compromise God's standard.
Thank you for clarifying.
>>and as such must reach out to evangelize in a way that does not compromise God's standard.<<
Amen.
There's a fine line however, between that and evangelizing for fear of offending the lost. Far too many preachers and evangelists water down God's truth and refuse to convict sin because they're afraid of alienating people. You see this a lot - but most noticably in some of the larger "Mega-Churches", and mainline liberal denomications, which can't see to find that division line between worldly things and Godly things.