Posted on 11/02/2013 7:24:32 AM PDT by James R. Aist
I believe that it is incumbent upon born-again Christians to become well-informed about homosexuality, even though this is not a topic that is either enjoyable or entertaining to deal with. To help you get an idea of how well-informed you are, or are not, about homosexuality, I have developed this quick and easy–to-use “Fact Checker”. It will not only show you your current level of knowledge of the facts and truth about homosexuality, but it will also point you to key resources that will correct any misperceptions that you may have picked up from the liberal media or well-meaning, albeit misinformed, friends, relatives or co-workers.
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Yeah, LOL you picked up on that troll remark too huh? Just the ever so cheerful and charitable Roman Catholics pooping on threads we dirty nasty Prots populate. I wonder if they run in synagogues yell "Hitler" and run out.
I really think Jesus Christ was being brutally honest in the “lust in your heart” discourse. The honesty is there is not one human man born of the seed of Adam that has not violated this standard. Guilty as charged here! Yes probably a multiple offender when I was a teenager. That everyone has this sin in their hearts is no excuse though as we know from the Law. So all have sinned. We have seen that in the Bible too. Again that does not mean, “oh well I am doomed to repeat this because I am human so...”
No Jesus told everyone that the standard for entering the Kingdom of God was “to be perfect as the Father in Heaven is Perfect.” There you have it.
Jesus Christ also gave solutions to avoid hell and enter the Kingdom by cutting off the body parts that prevented us from being perfect. Mind you if I took that command literally I would not be able to type right now, nor would I see the keyboard, nor would I have a brain or heart. I would have casted them all off to gain the Kingdom. As a matter of fact if we are all honest none of us would have a whole body.
But the above is what happens, especially within some religions within Christendom, when we don’t follow the exact steps of the ministry of Jesus Christ on earth. His ministry ends at the foot of the Cross where sin is dealt with, and the promise of life everlasting begins with His Resurrection.
So if we take the Words of Christ and ministry of Christ and fail to see them within the Light of the Cross and Empty Tomb, we are left with a Sinai II message which is the Law. And with the Law and breaking it comes the Wrath of God. With the Cross and Empty Tomb comes deliverance and everlasting joy.
Sorry Bob but it seems you replied to one of the resident RC trolls that come to Evangelical threads to spew the hatred of Rome against other Christians.
“You are right, Bibles which changes some meanings brings in many millions of dollars to some one so i think we will see many more different translations.”
The DRA is a perfect example of changing meanings.
The Bible versions out there that are not literal translations usually obscure the most.
Of course it would apply. The problem is that equating attraction with lust is a category error
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But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
The DRA is a perfect example of changing meanings.
The Bible versions out there that are not literal translations usually obscure the most.
God created men and women and and all things beautiful. I can say that both Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are physically attractive human beings without doing anything more than recognizing God’s handiwork
I don,t know who those people are but yes, just thinking some one is attractive is not lust.
Lusting and attraction aren’t the same thing. If I find a woman in the office attractive, but I take that thought captive to the obedience of Christ I haven’t sinned.
If I dwell on that attraction, if I take opportunities to watch her walk by, if I review her body in my mind at night then I have lusted for her.
The Greek word for lust in Matthew 5 is epithumeo and means to covet, desire, to long for.
I’ve had a lot of personal experience with lust. It is indeed a sin and it corrupts the heart.
It is truly amazing every discourse of Christ leads one to self examination against the standards of the 10 commandments. Jesus was truly leading everyone to examine their self-righteousness and compare it to the perfection handed down from Sinai. He spends the rest of His ministry marching towards our deliverance on Mt Zion.
Pelosi is a pig. Do you sin? Do you partake in communion?
“you must be born again” just falls on deaf ears to bible haters.
I totally agree with what you are saying here.
Did you pick up on unrepentant and them still giving her communion?
You’re very welcome. I’m glad you liked the article.
Is it "theirs" to withhold communion or her responsibility to repent or not to partake? Even though there are degrees of sin and evil, those degrees are still sin and evil. All of us are guilty, but some are still self-righteous.
Would I be incorrect in stating you are a Roman Catholic? If you are Roman Catholic then you should know the Vatican Court decided that Nancy Pelosi should not be given communion based on her public pro-abortion stance:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/24/vatican-court-head-no-communion-nancy-pelosi/
Yes. You should also know that clergymen of all stripes are sinners and do not necessarily follow Christian doctrine, be it biblical or that from the church/religious hierarchy.
One of the most fascinating things about Catholicism is trying to understand just who is “faithful” enough to participate in communion. It seems no one, since everyone sins. And since Catholics believe their sins are counted and weighed for salvation, then who among them are worthy enough? This should be enough to make a Catholic take a long hard look at their religion. And yet that is never done. Everyone just seems to look at the person next to them in order to gain some sense of superiority (”at least I’m not THAT bad”) and forges on, completely unaware that sin is not relative. In God’s eye, that is.
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