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To: Zavien Doombringer
Normally I don't repost, but I don't think you read my original reply, so here it is:

>Not true - one can be Christian, and still fall into sin. The question is, will you recognize it and yourself to be set free?

>The difference between the "Christian" and the "Sinner" is not that the Christian never sins; it is that the Christian repents and is forgiven of his sins. The difference is not in the person - the difference is Jesus Christ in that person.

That covers the three things you asked about -

1. Recognize that you are sinning
>"one can be Christian, and still fall into sin. The question is, will you recognize it"...

2. Asking for forgiveness of sin, i.e. Homosexuality

3. Repent form (sic) that sin - meaning we do not sin anymore
>" the Christian repents and is forgiven of his sins the Christian repents and is forgiven of his sins"...

We have all crucified Christ through our own sins. We, as you suggest, continue to crucify Christ when we depart from what is a healthy relationship with God and/or His Creation. The question is, do we recognize that crucifixion as God recognizes it - as a chance for forgiveness and true healing? Or do we simply see it as a pre-punched "ticket to heaven"?

When we overlook the process of repentance, forgiveness and healing as a lifelong pursuit, we are missing out on our greatest chance to grow as human beings and as spiritual beings. Recognition of any sin - be it gluttony, slothfulness, greed, envy, lust, anger, or pride - is a chance to change our relationships with God and man for the better. What keeps us as Christians from continuing in the path of true forgiveness and growth is the sin of pride.

157 posted on 05/29/2003 5:54:45 AM PDT by dandelion
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To: dandelion
As a Christian, can you sin and maintain your testamony infront of the non-believer? How can you say Jesus delivered you from a particular sin if you still do it. That makes a mockery of the Christ. If you do not continue in Homosexual practices, you are not a Homosexual. You have to let Christ clean you up. Sin cannot enter into heaven, the Blood of Jesus cleans us from sin, but with out guidance from the Holy Spirit and fellowship with other christians, we will wander back into the muddy pit. (backsliding). No, scripture clearly dictates who will not enter into heaven, and those that continue in homosexual practices will not. Read leviticus18 and 20 and 1Corintians. God hasn't changed his laws. He just made it easier to get into heaven.
158 posted on 05/29/2003 6:08:52 AM PDT by Zavien Doombringer (Do you have to be Tolerant to the Intolerant?)
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