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Nowhere in my comment did I state that the church needs to accept their sin, nor preach against it.

I am always amazed when my fellow FReepers respond in a knee-jerk way to something that they read. Maybe you need to read everything I wrote in the comment.

Here is what I wrote,

At least in the pews of the churches that teach the truth. Then maybe they will open their eyes and see their sin for what God says it is, and ask for forgiveness.

Please show me where I said that the church needs to cave in to sin by teaching homosexuality is OK..........

If a sinner does not get the truth and change their ways, they will cease to go to that church, if that church is teaching the truth.

Paul looked forward to meeting Nero who was Caesar at the time. Even though Nero was an extreme sinner. So extreme was Nero, that he had his male lover castrated and then married him. Yet Paul still looked forward to sharing the gospel with him.

That is our example, so yes we should invite all sinners to church. Otherwise we will just be preaching to the choir without reaching the sinners. So the next time you meet a homosexual, or other leftist sinners, invite them to church.

I didn’t misunderstand you. I just have a different perspective, based on many years of observation. I did not mean to infer that you were suggesting a church should skirt around awkward truths. But I also know that spiritual associations are serious business, and many people with good intentions, sometimes even pastors, tend to overestimate their own resistance to spiritual disease.

So yes, I would invite a gay person to an evangelistic event, or witness to them personally, but I would not invite them to church, unless they expressed to me an intent to publically repent of their deviant sexual behavior. Church is for the shepherding of the flock. The pastor feeds the flock in safety, not in the presence of wolves, even if they are only there out of curiosity. Associations matter.

The deviant lifestyle types have no use for Religion, nor morality, as shown by their choices.

However, Activists in their ranks will, no doubt, now be showing up in Churches DEMANDING to be "Married", and/or, flaunting their deviance in the church.....THAT is what I'm talking about.

Good luck.

We have been “transformed” haven’t we?

I don’t like homosexuals; I do not associate with them; I don’t want them in my life.

And, I don’t care what SCOTUS says: there is no such “thing” as “homosexual marriage!”

There is homosexual behavior, however, and if one chooses to engage in that lifestyle, that is their business. Just don’t force your behavior on me, and don’t seek my acceptance of your behavior.