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To: papertyger
Consider the Biblical stories of Aninias and Sapphira, the man with his father's wife, and what Jesus said to do when you bring offerings with a grievance in your heart for God's demeanor toward those who confuse Him with Santa Claus.

They lied about how much they were giving to the budding Church to make themselves look better - how does that correlate? Can a homosexual be saved? How different than the liar and thief who still has bouts of lies and thievery? How about the average, everyday Christian who falls for some temptation each and every day (whether they realize/recognize it or not); are they doomed?

69 posted on 03/16/2015 3:21:34 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb
They lied about how much they were giving to the budding Church to make themselves look better - how does that correlate?

Think about it.

Can a homosexual be saved?

In the conventional sense? No.

How different than the liar and thief who still has bouts of lies and thievery?

Poor analogy. "Serial Killer" would be closer if not more extreme.

How about the average, everyday Christian who falls for some temptation each and every day (whether they realize/recognize it or not); are they doomed?

For the sake of brevity rather than a whole lot of theological qualification: no.

70 posted on 03/16/2015 3:35:45 AM PDT by papertyger (I didn't leave my party: my party betrayed me.)
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