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To: Colonel_Flagg
Same as any other sinner ... love the sinner, hate the sin.

That always sounds good.. but the bible never teaches that ...God hated the sinner swell as the sin

I am not saying to hate them ....put politeness and caring perhaps and as one has said "forbearance "

24 posted on 07/10/2015 10:21:51 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
That always sounds good.. but the bible never teaches that ...God hated the sinner swell as the sin

Yes, there are Scriptural references to what God hates. I'm sure you know that we are taught that we have to hate our own families in order to be disciples of Christ, and by that by our own means we have no hope of salvation.

However, I would submit to you that Christ Himself in Luke 6:27-28 and Matthew 19:19b suggests a different approach to day-to-day interaction with sinners, which applies to every one of us.

Christian correction is much easier in a spirit of conciliation, with the rewards of James 5:20 waiting for success. I think that's the forbearance you spoke of. Bless your day.

26 posted on 07/10/2015 10:36:07 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
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