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To: PapaNew

I agree that God wants this country to turn back to Him. But as He did with ancient Israel, at a certain point He will give America up to her sins. I believe that’s already happened; Romans 1 says the consequence of that is rampant homosexuality, which is what we have here today.

I also agree that we are to judge sin, not to condemn to hell, but since that goes without saying, I didn’t specify.
But toward the end of your post you say it’s the grace of God to neither condemn NOR judge, so I’m not sure where you stand.

All I know is that the Bible instructs us to judge righteously (John 7:24), so I have no problem with it. Christians must be able to distinguish between sin and righteousness, and we shouldn’t harbor mistaken notions that is isn’t “nice” to call it out.


67 posted on 04/05/2014 1:40:18 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: CatherineofAragon
Well, I will say that our job is not to point out people's sins to them. That's Satan's job and he does it very well. Jesus didn't go around telling everybody what they were doing wrong. The only ones he criticized were the legalistic Pharisees and those that thought they could be righteous by their actions. The Bible says that righteousness is a gift by faith (Rom 5:17). Jesus is our righteousness (1 Cor 1:30). We are the righteousness of God in Christ (1 Cor 5:21).

So life is in Christ not in keeping the law or condemnation of sin. Our job is to show people Christ - He, not the law, is their salvation

70 posted on 04/05/2014 2:08:44 PM PDT by PapaNew
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