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To: caww

No, Christ gives freedom to those who are truly His. I don’t believe what you say, while he ~may~ allow a redeemed Christian to still struggle with a particular sin once in a while, they’ll never be controlled by it, and will have a new nature that doesn’t generally have that former tendency@!~


39 posted on 10/27/2014 9:26:08 PM PDT by JSDude1
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To: JSDude1
Yes Jesus sets us free, that does not mean we are no longer ‘tempted’ to sin..again...in the very thing we might have indulged in before becoming a Christian. Especially if they entertain it in their mind and heart.

The Holy Spirit is quick to check Christians “thoughts” and Desires” but we can squelch that. Jesus said not to make provision for the lusts of the flesh.....someone who has a weight issue cannot expect to overcome it buying Twinkies and fudge to set in front of themselves. The same with any sin of the flesh.

This Pastor has not only been an offense before God in performing this fake marriage between homosexuals...but he's put the churches approval, as their representative, on their behavior and lust of. Anyone who might have never thought to even consider a homosexual encounter will now see it as just “another sexual experience” to entertain or try.

I had a cousin who was homosexual and died from Aids. I did not know him very well as he lived in another state some distance away, but I was made aware of the terrible death he endured as a result of his behavior and practices of. Also how it destroyed his family life and Carree. Becoming a Christian does not immediately make someone sinless....nor does the enemy of mens soul stop tempting....the difference is people have a choice now to refuse to act on it, the power and the help the Holy Spirit offers to resist.

42 posted on 10/27/2014 10:32:42 PM PDT by caww
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