Posted on 08/02/2011 1:27:35 AM PDT by Cronos
Huh!?
The woman at the well was not Mary Magdelene. She was a Samaritan woman whose name is not given.
Sweetie, you’re still Miss Pompous. You’ve just switched targets.
You will be laying alone if you don’t associate with sinners (dogs) and I imagine you are a dog yourself with an assortment of fleas.
I would not permit anyone to claim that evil is good (that is what homo activists are trying to do in the name of tolerance) without objection; but I would not take on the authority that belongs only to God in judging them as unworthy.
If anyone is unworthy of God’s love and the association with his holy spirit, that would be me. Fortunately for me, He has mercy.
Are you somehow suggesting (as many do) that if Jesus did not specify homosexuals as sinners in the Gospels that He was somehow "OK" with it?
I’m sure you could also quote scripture of where He condoned the sins or suggested that they could continue in them?
Quite a ridiculous, and aka known as building a false bridge in rhetoric, question.
I attempted to make the question as clear and easy to understand as possible.
"Does the Bible, KJV New Testament of course, directly mention any scenes where Jesus has an encounter with homosexuals?"
Thanks for clarifying that. I was not certain of her identity.
All I can say is thank God she’s not in my church! Not very Christian I agree, but...
Placemark.
God demands that we remove the sin from our lives. To do this He has graciously and mercifully given us His Son for our forgiveness and His Spirit as our helper to overcome our sin. He has removed our hearts of stone and given us a new heart and a new spirit. Any person who claims to be a Christian but does not have a deep desire to remove their sin is really not a Christian at all.
My point was the fact that she was blaming on various churches what was her responsibility, in being exemplary to others. There are plenty of imperfect people in church, some of which whom are irrational, and some of whom need a decent example. I have found some irrational people in the congregation(s) where I have been, but being a good member involved me working with them, and giving some food for thought, as well as example, not leaving because there were some less-than-perfect members.
“That being said as a father whose only son is caught in that web of homosexual deception and destruction I love him -but I cannot condone nor embrace nor take pleasure in the lifestyle he has chosen. He will either repent and seek God and be reconciled —or he will die in his sin.I cannot compromise what is written.”
I wish you and your son the best in this situation. I hope as well that your son figures out that some behaviors are harmful, and deteriorating to him as a person, which is my main concern for anyone dealing with such a case. I personally feel sympathetic to a great number of people struggling with some form of sexual morality, having been an addict of porn myself, and having had to go through help from the church in working with that. Yes, much of people probably think of porn, like homosexual behavior, as okay, even though being porn-addicted does hurt. I probably could have become a good husband and father earlier on in life had I not become entangled in some cheap, virtual, distortion of what can be wholesome in life.
He also instructed an adulterous woman to sin no more. Again, he didn’t condone the acts, and he did wish people well in working against their bad nature, not embrace it or allow it to go beyond their control.
Actually, I thought my question was pretty simple as well. You could have replied with a simple "no".
another anecdotal story in a fringe paper that is pushing for mainstream attention.
Doubtful if any of the characters are even real. (seriously who eats cookies brought to a dentist office made by anyone to a dentist office)
another pro-homo story writteny by a homosexual.
I know homosexuals who are living celebate lives. They are Christian, they know the Word, and they are doing the very best that they can.
I don’t think many here can fathom being both a Christian, and someone afflicted with homosexuality.
The fact is, homosexuality is a sin, no more or less deadly than any other sin, since no one is getting to Heaven on their own merits.
Homosexuals and pedophiles require prayer. I would imagine that having a son or daughter afflicted with either of these conditions would cause you to question God as to how this glorifies Him? How does this serve His will?
At the end of everything is Judgement. Did you mock the sinner and put more sharp rocks beneath their feet, or did you pray for their deliverance and for mercy on them?
I think it to be completely normal for a woman to wonder whether there is some other way for her son, afflicted as he is. She is sorely tested. There are those who are saved who act as if they are now perfect. I pray that they are never tested, as this woman has surely been.
I pray that I am never that sorely tested. Which of us would take a knife to their own child, were God to ask that of us, and actually follow through not knowing whether God would stay our hand?
I don’t have that kind of faith, even though I am saved. There’s a good bet that none of us have that kind of faith, for if we did, apparently we could move mountains.
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