Good!
This post is not about homosexuality except for to say that the whole debate about it has kept many Christians across both sides of the debate from addressing Christ's true message to all of us.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (John 15:12)
35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’ 37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ (Matthew 25:35-40)
And again, I reiterate - this is to be done for all! Christ did not discriminate as to whom He helped, nor did He tell us to discriminate.
I'd go so far as to say the reverse is also true... each time we neglect someone in need, each time we turn away the hungry, each time we turn our backs on the marginalized... we are doing also to Christ.
10 So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?” 11 He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.” (Luke 3:10-11)
Nowhere here do I see, "let him give to him who has none... unless of course that person is a homosexual, or a thief, or a murderer, or an adulterer, or someone you just plain don't like."
Let us all drop the petty bickering and focus on Christ. Let us really put our hearts and minds and souls and bodies into the true Gospel of Christ. Jesus came to this earth to teach us how to love. He came to this earth to teach us how to follow Him into His Father's heavenly home. Christ died because of the outpouring of love God had for us - His children.
We were given the gift of the Holy Spirit within us - not to judge and condemn others. Not to ignore others. Not to turn our backs on the poor, the hungry, the homeless, the marginalized, the needy.
God gave us these gifts out of love. Let us not turn our backs on that love by ignoring the commandment set before us...
Every one to their own sin, but to support sexual sin is not teaching Gods will it's supporting the will of the anti-christ. God gives us choices to sin or not to sin. He also gives us the choice on where we choose to spend eternity. Heaven or Hell. Life or Death. We have all sinned. I for one have had my share of sins to repent of. It is not really for us to judge, but to give awareness of his will. God will judge, and I don't want to take judgement for the sin of someone else.
ReplyDeleteWhat in this post is supporting sexual sin? This post is about giving to the needy, the poor, the hungry, the marginalized, etc. How is this supporting sexual sin or any sin???
DeleteI'm not so sure that "lowley servant" is saying that you are supporting sexual sin. but is saying in general saying that "to support sexual sin is not teaching God's will." As to your question "How is this supporting sexual sin?" Some believe you must take a hard stance on one side or the other, for or against. They forget, however, that there can be more that two side toward any given subject. As "lowley servant" states we cannot judge and as you state, charity knows no bounds. Of course I'm looking from the outside, in.
ReplyDeleteRight. Just love ppl for who they are. Not condone what they do. Or uplift what they done.
DeleteFor in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.Matthew 7:2 Let's let God's unconditional love lead us and his mercy define us as Christ-followers.
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