If you look to the bible, the words of Christ, and the full message rather than a very few select passages.... The message is of love, acceptance, viewing all “sins” as equal, and understanding that man is fallible and still loved by the father!
If you still feel so inclined to judge based on individual cherry picked passengers while neglecting context then you must recognize:
1. Divorce and adultery is referenced far more! Even simply thoughts of such
2. Foods I'm sure eaten regularly are referenced as forbidden far more often.
3. We all should be condemned as perverts and sinners and unwelcome in the church. Most marriages should be disavowed!
I find that a loving, committed, and faithful homosexual marriage honors the lord far more than the abusive, adulterous, and loveless marriages dominate in today's world.
🚩Statements like yours which turn away those who interpret, feel, and love differently from you...the hate, judgment, and human declarations speaking for the Lord are by FAR more offensive and against the word of God!🚩
And for those here who complains I often about the media taking things out of context, twisting words to fit their narrative and justify their hate for the conservatives....
Funny how you fail to see yourself doing the same with the holy scripture to fit your narrative and justify your own hate.
It is the same hypocrisy and self interest but you are twisting and taking the words of the Lord out of context rather than a political figure....
Find that log man!!!
Perversion
This sentence doesn't make a lot of sense, but it doesn't look correct to me.
I find that a loving, committed, and faithful homosexual marriage honors the lord far more than the abusive, adulterous, and loveless marriages dominate in today's world.
The Lord gets to decide what "honors the lord," not you. Sorry.
Statements like yours which turn away those who interpret, feel, and love differently from you...the hate, judgment, and human declarations speaking for the Lord are by FAR more offensive and against the word of God!
You don't see the built-in contradiction when you tell us that "human declarations speaking for the Lord" are "against the word of God"? Hint: your statement is a "human declaration speaking for the Lord".
We are to embrace the sinner and not the sin. He wants his sin embraced, normalized and blessed. This cannot be done. Of course he should be welcome into Church. But his sin is an “abomination” meaning a great sin. An intolerable sin. And not one winked at. There are sins like looking at a pretty woman and having thoughts that are sin but they can be excused by mans frailty. As long as one does nor act on those thoughts and tries to banish them in earnest. A bird may unexpectedly land on your head - excusable. Letting it build a nest on your head - inexcusable.
We don’t get to decide these things.
God does.
He forbids most (not all divorce), and His word is clear on that. Also in His word he clearly reinstates eating if previously banned foods, as temple worship ended, and so ceremonial uncleanness was no longer an issue.
We all need to repent of our sins. Repent means to stop doing them. Not promote or embrace or indulge them. That includes sexual sins.
What is the purpose of the church? To smooth the way to hell?
“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.” 1 Cor 6:9
True Christians, while understanding we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, also fully understand that one must repent of your sin, ask God for forgiveness, and attempt to “sin no more”.
Homosexuals want their proclivity and actions to no longer be called “sin”.
The church welcomes all sinners, but those who insist on continuing to sin and those who try to convince the church that their acts are not sinful are in direct opposition to the Word of God and are to be cast out.
If all sin is equal, how would you react to a thief who wants to be a part of the church, who brags about his theft, and who tries to convince the church that theft is not a sin?
Woe to those who call evil good.
Genesis 13:13
no homosexual relationship no matter how loving and committed honors the Lord. neither do abusive heterosexual relationships. the two are not mutually exclusive. it is not loving to let someone continue to live in sin without warning them if their error. Yes all are sinful but we are to repent of sin not celebrate it