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To: Gamecock

A variety of passages in Scripture make it very clear that a person who practices sexual immorality will not be given the free gift of eternal life. See Revelation 22:15.

Any minister who finds otherwise has resigned from that office.

Having said that, one of the truths of Scripture, apart from defining what sin is, that humanity does not have the spiritual nature to live a sin-free life. But there is a substantial difference between a person who knows not to commit sin, but who occasionally slips, and a person who refuses to stop committing a sin.

Even people who don’t know God know that some people are habitual liars or murderers, and many people are not.

If for example, take a man who knows that it is a sin to commit adultery but he is living with his mistress. Jesus calls upon such people to realize that in order to inherit eternal life, they must stop their present course of action.

The same must be said about people who have sexual preferences that God defines as immoral. The first step in restoring a proper relationship with God is to stop actions that God says are disqualifying. God will not grant grace to people who refuse to bring their behavior into harmony with God’s Law. He only gives grace and forgiveness to people who are willing to change. He is willing to give all the help necessary to such a person. But a person who refuses to change, will die in his sins.

It grieves me greatly to see ministers and whole churches who just cannot bring themselves to be honest about the Word of God. The entire relationship that God has with people He calls His is on faith in Him and His Word. When a person cannot honestly represent what the Word plainly says, he lacks faith in those words. 2 Timothy 3:16


12 posted on 04/21/2015 9:13:43 AM PDT by theBuckwheat
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To: theBuckwheat

Dittoes to that!


14 posted on 04/21/2015 9:27:02 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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