Orthodox Metropolitan of Messinia: Homosexuals are God’s Creation; Church Doesn’t Reject People

The Pappas Post ^ | December 29, 2015 | Gregory Pappas

[fwdude]

Jesus told the woman to go and sin no more.

Today's sodomites and their handlers would call Jesus a "hater" if they got wind of this.

[caseinpoint]

God doesn’t reject people, but He does reject behavior.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Pallis: "I suppose the same goes for..."

Contraceptors too.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I think you aie right about loving sinners,as they are Goi's enemies and He laid down His life for them "when they were still enemies."

"Love our enemies" is something Jesus showed us in practice.

Loving involves, of course, telling them the truth. "Admonishing the sinner" is Mercy, too.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"And 'God Created' child molesters, bank robbers, Muslims, etc. etc. etc."

He did. He created those people. He did not create those behaviors.

Those behaviors are not only destructive, but enslaving. And He came to free the enslaved, by freeing us from our sins.

[Blue Collar Christian]

Yes, He made all of us, we decide to sin. And we are to be instruments of His saving grace. We are also supposed to run off unrepentant sinners from our congregations, and knock the dust off our sandals when we can’t get through to people rather than continue to throw pearls to swine.

[onedoug]

He didn’t ask her. He told her.

[RobbyS]

He created men and women who were innocent both intellectually and morally. By sinning, they remained sometimes innocent morally because go their ignorance of their sin. Even so, despite their innocence, they do great harm. Sin clouds reason.

[Pollster1]

I think you aie right about loving sinners . . . Loving involves, of course, telling them the truth.

Thank you. It's not an answer I enjoy, but that is the point of the Bible. If God wanted us to do whatever we wanted, there would be no need for scripture, since following our own whims is what we do naturally. He wants us to follow His guidance, whether or not it matches the choices we would make on our own. I don't always succeed, but I do my best to let Him guide my life.