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Jesus' word to homosexuals
onenewsnow.com ^ | May 11, 2015 | Bryan Fischer

Posted on 05/13/2015 8:34:22 AM PDT by PROCON

Homosexual activists don't want Jesus' forgiveness for their sexual sin – they want his approval. This is something he cannot and will never offer.

Homosexual activists are fond of quoting the first half of John 8:11: "Neither do I condemn you." They are not so fond of quoting the second half. In fact, they quite pointedly ignore it as if it weren't even there. But wishing it away doesn't make it disappear.

John 7:53-8:11 preserves for us the record of Jesus' encounter with a woman caught in adultery. She was apprehended in flagrante delicto, in the act, and was dragged by the scribes and Pharisees to the feet of Jesus.

(There is no word, by the way, about the fate of the miscreant male in this sexually illicit liaison.)

The scribes and Pharisees insisted that she be executed and that Jesus be the one to pronounce the sentence. Instead, Jesus stooped and wrote something on the ground, and finally stood up and authorized any sinless man in the crowd to toss the first rock. (Since he was the only one without sin, he alone had the moral authority to stone her to death.)

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TOPICS: Current Events; General Discusssion; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: goandsinnomore; homosexualagenda; jesus; moralabsolutes
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Nothing to say but, Amen.
1 posted on 05/13/2015 8:34:22 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

After Jesus forgives sinner, He says “Go, and sin no more!”


2 posted on 05/13/2015 8:36:21 AM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: PROCON
Homosexuals aren't "born that way".
They had to "Earn their REPROBATE MIND" by refusing God ~ not once, ~ not twice, ~ but THREE times!

You need to not only read, BUT STUDY this link
I especially agree with its last paragraph. There will be NO HOMOSEXUALS ( NOT ONE ) in the afterlife.
They WILL BE ASHES UNDER the soles of your feet ! ! !



TO TOLERATE HOMOSEXUALS IS EVIL.
This is what we get when we FAIL to OBEY God.
For it is written: Those who support homosexuals are against our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
These anti Christ people only bring destruction on us ALL.
I have NO sympathy for homosexuals!

Homosexuality is a "Mark" of disobedience.
Someone once asked The answer is in the definition of "REPROBATE". And the reason"why" is given in the Bible.

God has a cure for homosexuals.

"Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect
that God is just,
that his justice cannot sleep forever."


3 posted on 05/13/2015 8:36:45 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: PROCON
Homosexual activists are fond of quoting the first half of John 8:11: "Neither do I condemn you." They are not so fond of quoting the second half. In fact, they quite pointedly ignore it as if it weren't even there. But wishing it away doesn't make it disappear.

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that the author didn't mention the words of the second half of the verse in this paragraph?

4 posted on 05/13/2015 8:39:53 AM PDT by MortMan (All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
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To: MortMan

I am still looking for it....Hummmm??


5 posted on 05/13/2015 8:42:19 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: MortMan

I looked for it too.


6 posted on 05/13/2015 8:42:25 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: PROCON

Jesus stooped and wrote something on the ground


Some on FR speculated that He drew a cartoon of Muhamed.


7 posted on 05/13/2015 8:43:53 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: PROCON
(There is no word, by the way, about the fate of the miscreant male in this sexually illicit liaison.)

I recently visited a Sunday School class were this very thing was discussed. It was interesting, to say the least.

The consensus was that the miscreant male was somebody who was pretty important, possibly even a member of the group who was in such a big hurry to get her stoned and kill the evidence.

Of course, that doesn't make it so, but it would certainly explain the clamor for swift "justice" and the melting away after the brief statement of Jesus.

8 posted on 05/13/2015 8:44:05 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: MortMan
The lead post is an excerpt. Follow the link for the rest of the verse and further commentary.
The scribes and Pharisees, beginning with the most mature among them, began to slink away in silent shame, retracting their self-righteous condemnation through their guilty retreat. Jesus, the one man who did have the right to put her to death, said, "Neither do I condemn you." But then he immediately added these powerful words: "Go, and from now on sin no more."

9 posted on 05/13/2015 8:45:48 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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To: ctdonath2

I know the rest of the verse, however I was remarking on the fact that the author decries omission in the same paragraph he omitted.


10 posted on 05/13/2015 8:47:45 AM PDT by MortMan (All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
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To: MortMan; PROCON; CGASMIA68

John 8

 

2 Early in the morning he came again to the temple; all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst

4 they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.

5 Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do you say about her?"

6 This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."

8 And once more he bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

9 But when they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

10 Jesus looked up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again."


11 posted on 05/13/2015 8:48:13 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
However, Desire of the Everlasting Hills
12 posted on 05/13/2015 8:48:14 AM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: Salvation

Only an excerpt was posted. Perhaps the key phrase was in the rest of the article?


13 posted on 05/13/2015 8:48:52 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: MortMan
Am I the only one who finds it ironic that the author didn't mention the words of the second half of the verse in this paragraph?

Not at all. Those of us who are familiar with the passage know it well. Those who are not should be forced to look it up.

Sort of like this graphic with only the reference Proverbs 26:11 quoted:

14 posted on 05/13/2015 8:52:54 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman
Jesus gave her an opportunity to repent.

The other person didn't ask for forgiveness.

We do not know what happened to either of them.

We do not know if the woman took advantage of the
opportunity to repent.

We are all given an opportunity to repent, but
it is up to us if we take advantage of the opportunity.

15 posted on 05/13/2015 8:56:18 AM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: MortMan

Um...what’s posted above is an excerpt of the article. The author quotes the entire verse in the rest of the article, which you can find at the link provided. He presents the truncated verse as truncated, then elaborates on the cause of truncation, and then proceeds into the rest of the un-truncated verse. There’s nothing wrong with the article’s presentation - when you read the un-truncated article.

You’re complaining about truncation in a truncated article about truncation. I need a drink.


16 posted on 05/13/2015 8:57:10 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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To: ctdonath2

OH where is my LIKE button?? Your comment was great!


17 posted on 05/13/2015 9:00:46 AM PDT by Texas Yellow Rose
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To: PROCON

“Since he was the only one without sin, he alone had the moral authority to stone her to death.”

Would this mean that no one could ever be stoned to death for adultery, since no one was sinless except Jesus?

And, since Jesus was not a witness to her adultery, could he have stoned her to death? Under the law, no one could be put to death for any sin, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.


18 posted on 05/13/2015 9:06:57 AM PDT by FNU LNU (Nothing runs like a Deere, nothing smells like a john)
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To: Dan(9698)

There is no evidence that she repented from the John 8 passage. She just walked away. I think it is likely that she did, but I don’t think the main point of the passage is Jesus offering forgiveness; it is just a more dramatic example of him condemning those who point out the mote in their neighbor’s eye while missing the beam in their own.


19 posted on 05/13/2015 9:08:17 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: MortMan

The omission of the second half of the verse is a “hook” to get people to read the res of the article.

No need to ascribe any other intent.


20 posted on 05/13/2015 9:09:18 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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