What sort of event did God hold on the scorched Earth where Sodom and Gomorrah, were?
It wasn’t a group hug fest.
This in no way gives the big OK to sin---
but it does mean that the Good Shepherd goes after the straying sheep with open arms, and not with a butcher knife.
Look, I have a young relative who told all the aunts and uncles he was gay when he was 14. I pray a lot for him, and I have told him that this is not the path God wants for him, it will hurt him deeply and he will not end up with the love he so longs for. I can only get through to him, effectively, to the extent that he trusts me and knows that I'm there FOR him, not AGAINST him.
? Trust comes first.
Truth, without trust, is just a jab: its results are like those of a vaccination jab: the person gets a tiny dose and then develops an immunity against it: the person is inoculated against the Truth.
Truth without Trust, without Love, is useless --- and that's the truth.