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To: TexasFreeper2009

You could go on and on and dig yourself deeper and deeper into a vain attempt to absolve yourself of sin. No one is born with the desire to burn anything down or kill anyone. These are learned attitudes.
What, precisely, do you imagine Jesus meant when he warned that to commit adultry in one’s mind is as sinful as the act of adultry?
There are hard lessons taught here. One is that we are responsible not simply for controlling our murderous intent but ridding our minds of the very thoughts that give rise to acts of sin.
There is nothing simple about ridding our lives of sin. We are wholly incompetent to the task. Christ offers us a new mind to replace the old man of sin.
No, my brother, we are not born with sin in our hearts. We are born into a world of sin that seeks our destruction from our first breath. Certainly, the very notion that homosexual desire is native to our psyche is just such a corruption.
We are not asked to overcome our desire for licentuous behavior. We are asked by God to remove it root and branch from our minds and souls.


101 posted on 08/19/2013 3:56:06 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

you believe no one is born psychotic or with various psychological problems?


115 posted on 08/19/2013 7:08:44 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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