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To: epow
Don't take this as criticism of the Pope or the Catholic Church, but the Pope's statement is basically just a repeat of what the Holy Spirit tells us in the bible.

That's basically what preachers are supposed to do.

28 posted on 07/05/2013 7:59:53 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: Sirius Lee
That's basically what preachers are supposed to do.

Can't argue with that and I don't, but how many pastors of mainline protestant denomination churches are speaking out against the sinful acts of practicing homosexuals? I read about more of those so-called pastors affirming homosexual acts and same sex "marriage" as acceptable and normal than I do about pastors of those apostate World Council of Churches denominations condemning those abominable practices for what they are, SIN. Any and every born again bible believing Christian pastor knows without any question that God's holy Word condemns homosexual acts as sin, and thankfully Pope Francis has the spiritual guts to also call those acts sinful just as the bible says they are.

Homosexuals are no different than "straight" sinners who repent and accept Jesus Christ as their resurrected Lord and Savior (Ro ch9 v10). Those who meet those qualifications will be saved from damnation, not by ceasing to sin, but by faith alone in Jesus Christ as the resurrected Son of God who paid the penalty for mankinds's sin on the cross. OTOH, if the sinner, homosexual or straight, continues to practice a sinful way of life without genuine repentance, he or she has not truly accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and therefore he/she is not a biblical Christian.

30 posted on 07/05/2013 9:05:41 AM PDT by epow (Access to 70 virgins is conditional, muslims must also spend eternity in hell with allah, aka Satan)
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