Posted on 11/30/2012 12:10:18 PM PST by Coleus
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Where does Warren say that he doesn’t know that homosexual behavior is a sin?
All things being equal an unrepentant Sodomite is damned. A repentant Sodomite is saved.
He must be taking some of that new LsD floating around.. most of DC and modern day media is on it..
Can a gay go to heaven? ABSOLUTELY! so long as he repents of his sins, all of them, not just homosexual ones. Same as anybody else.
Does this mean he will change his orientation? Don't know. Does he mean he will never sin again with a homosexual act? It's possible, but also possible that he will.
What it SHOULD mean, IMO, is that he should recognize the sinful nature of this behavior and stop trying to justify it to the world, leading others down the wide road to Hell.
I much prefer a hypocrite that has ideals that he's not strong enough to always follow to ones such as these:
Matthew 23:13
1) Each of us should recognize that, yes, we are a sinner.
2) Each of us should repent of our sins, and confess it as sinful behavior.
3) Each of us should go forth and try to sin no more -- although we will fail, we should make the effort.
The guys marching in the Gay Pride Parades? They fail on all three counts. I'm not sure Warren is all that concerned though.
Here, let me rub your nose in it:
No, its not a sin to love somebody, Warren said. It might be a sin to have sex with them, he added. It might be.
“might be” means “possibly could not be”.
Now, don’t poop on the carpet again.
Won’t take you long to answer this. Which quote from Warren is at odds with the bible?
I thought the Bible says that Man should not lay with man???
it might be a sin? Is he for real?
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1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
The Kingdom of God is not for those that embrace sin... We are all sinners, but Thank God for verse 11:
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
We were sinners (all of us), but Thank God that He can clean us by His spirit, and break us from the bondage of Satan.
1 John 3:8-9 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
'Sin' in this case means living and walking in sin, not the occasional (and presumably the more, and more, infrequent) stumble.
False preacher, and apparent snake in the grass Rick Warren, preaches a lie, while encouraging the people snared in sin to remain in these chains. It is the opposite of 'love' to encourage someone to march off into hell.
He's either starkers or playing footsies with heresy. Or both.
I am very disappointed in these comments. There is this great desire in evangelical circles to appear loving and welcoming to all. This I agree with. I think we can show love to all sinners (like me).
However, I am increasingly alarmed that the church is shrinking back from the Word of God by deliberately blurring the line of what constitutes sin. As a result, the church has lost its saltiness and is largely become impotent.
The church has lost it’s power in large measure because we try to tell people that whatever they’re doing isn’t really sin... but they need salvation. Why does anyone need salvation if what they are doing isn’t wrong, or may not be wrong “for them”?
We are on very dangerous ground here and evangelical leadership talk like this greatly serves to demoralize and confuse the average Christian. After all, why should I stand alone im my community of friends and call homosexuality sin if evangelical “leaders” publicly state that homosexuality is okay, contrary to I Corinthians?
Having said that, I have no problem working with AIDS groups or with those who practice homosexuality any more than I would have a problem working with the guy who is living with his girlfriend. But in either case the behavior is sinful and anyone who is a Christ follower cannot abide both in Christ and in a lifestyle of sin.
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I didn’t get the point about fat preachers. Does the Bible say that fat people will go to hell?
Where in that quote does he refer to homosexuals? It’s a sin for an unmarried man and woman to have sex also. Why could he not be referring to that?
You clean the freaking carpet and take a reading comprehension course while you’re at it.
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