See your post 105 of the thread - the sentence about having to reject sin to receive the gift is in it.
As far as the rest of what you said in the post I am replying to, I fully agree. The trouble is that many Christians have been exhibiting a "holier than thou at any cost" attitude. I have not seen that attitude in your posts, but many are twisting the Word and the Bible to try to illustrate that they are so holy that they can point out anyone else's faults from a superior position. They seem to ot realize that they are every bit as tainted as the worst sinners, but for the Blood of Christ.
I have had some recent conversations with a couple homosexuals that attend my church. They have accepted Christ and yet they suffer the same as anyone else does - they can try to not commit sinful acts, but cannot fully succeed. I do not condemn them because, having accepted Christ, only He can condemn them and I believe that according to prophesy (such as Jeremiah), that God no longer recognizes the sins of a saved soul as sins. All we can do is relate our own struggles and push faith in the One who deserves all faith and trust.
But we still have the "You're vile and disgusting and deserve to burn in Hell" "Christians" who do not seem to understand the nature of Jesus except to assert that He is on their side.
God Bless.
RE: See your post 105 of the thread - the sentence about having to reject sin to receive the gift is in it.
It is NOT in thread 105. I am talking about this sentence you said I allegedly posted:
“If we cannot receive the gift without rejecting sin, then I submit that no one has ever received the gift.”
It’s not there in that thread number. I don’t recall writing that.
As for the Christians you say are struggling with their sins, hey, we all are... in their case, it’s sexual, in my case it’s something else.
All I can say is as long as they recognize that IT IS SIN and they are sinners in God’s eyes in need of forgiveness, mercy and spiritual helpful, they are not far from God’s kingdom. I encourage you to pray for them, support them and continue doing what you’re doing.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of God.”
The ones who are in spiritual danger are those who have the same sinful problem but RATIONALIZE it away to say that since God made them that way, then it is OK to indulge in their sexual desire.
Unfortunately; this is true.
However, NO one 'deserves' to burn in Hell; yet there will many (if the Book can be believed) that will end up doing so; and homosexuality will be the thing that will be the cause, reason, whatever for SOME of them.
Everyone KNOWS that smoking is bad for you, and many, once caught up in it, will TRY to quit.
To say they do not 'deserve' the problems that come later on in life is to ignore the choices they made previously.
This Nation tries really hard to keep kids from starting to smoke. I wish it did the same for homosexuality; but it is an enabler in this perversion.