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To: WhiskeyX
>>>>“Got Due Penalty?”

>>Unknown meaning.


Rom 1:27
27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. 
NIV

 

>>an act for which the New Testament exists.

 

Luke 17:1-4

17 Jesus said to his disciples: "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. 2It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. 3 So watch yourselves.

"If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4 If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."

NIV

What do rebuke, repent, and forgive mean?

The New Testament documents God's plan in which forgiveness of sin is rendered by grace to those who repent and are forgiven in the Body of Christ.


"but woe to that person through whom they come"


What the "culture" of the pride-filled is doing is cleverly and deceptively perverting forgiveness of sin into unrepentant PERMISSION to sin -- and their perversion is rendered in the spirit of anti-Christ, not in the Truth.

90 posted on 05/03/2016 9:57:45 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: HLPhat

“What the “culture” of the pride-filled is doing is cleverly and deceptively perverting forgiveness of sin into unrepentant PERMISSION to sin — and their perversion is rendered in the spirit of anti-Christ, not in the Truth.”

True, but that is not what we are talking about here. The point I made was how Freepers were indiscriminately condemning and ridiculing ALL transgendered people as being mentally ill without regard for their intersexed condition. With regard to the relationaship of Christianity to such transgendered persons see for two somewhat opposing examples:

What does the Bible say about hermaphrodites?

Answer: Babies that are born with both male and female sexual organs, or characteristics of both organs, are called hermaphrodites or intersex. A child who is in an intersexual state is classified in one of three categories: 1) true hermaphrodite – an infant born with both ovaries and testicles and has both male and female sex organs. 2) female pseudohermaphrodite – a genetic female with male external sex organs. 3) male pseudohermaphrodite – a genetic male with external sex organs that fail to develop properly, resulting in female or male/female physical characteristics. [ . . . . ]

It is very possible for a child born with both sex organs to grow up to have a healthy view of sexuality and successful relationships. From early on, the child should be taught how valuable, loved and accepted he is by his family and also by God. He or she is not a victim of divine judgment, but God has a plan for each one of us that will bring Him glory, as we can learn from a man who was healed by Jesus Christ:

“’Teacher,’ his disciples asked him, ‘why was this man born blind? Was it a result of his own sins or those of his parents?’ ‘It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,’ Jesus answered. ‘He was born blind so the power of God could be seen in him’” (John 9:2-3).

http://www.gotquestions.org/hermaphrodites.html

Southern Baptist Convention
On Transgender Identity
http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/2250/on-transgender-identity


93 posted on 05/03/2016 10:25:18 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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