Ten bucks says I piss someone off with this one!
I have come to understand that the Church (all Christians) in American has no idea how to deal with homosexuality. Science dictates survival of the fittest and natural selection, meaning that without technology nature through the principles of reproduction takes out those who desire same sex. The responses from the churches across America has been varied from accepting them into there clergy to psychologically manipulating them into believing they are not homosexual to out right ostracizing.
My question here is what is the biblical response to homosexuality and how tolerant dose the Church have to be. Well Leviticus 20:13 says that not only is homosexuality a sin but we should put them to death. Now Romans 6:14-16 states that we are no longer under the law but under grace, however, we by being under grace should still offer obedience to God and his laws. But should we shun or tolerate those who continue to sin, remembering all sin is equal. For Romans 8:1-3 says we should not condemn those in Christ.
We should embrace them as we embrace other sinners in the love of Christ and help them to grow in their walk with God and in His word. As we help others as well as ourselves in the continued path of righteousness. As 1 John 5:16-18 says in prayer that God continues to give him (the sinner) life and protection from the evil one.
So should we allow them to serve? Anyone who still actively chooses to walk in their old ways or rather sin, is not a very good example/witness of God or His word. To be a tolerant witness we as Christians should embrace all sinners with the Love of God and pray that God works within them to walk in His way.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
A Tolerant Witness.
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It's always amazed me that people managed to differentiate between sins. This sin over here is fine, but that one over there is HORRIBLE AND THEY MUST DIE.
That's just silly.
I agree with you. I thought the idea was to put a little more G-d in our lives and walk the Walk. The point of instituting the whole Spiritual System was to remove the job of judging each other from us humans. I mean, there's a whole book devoted to how we start off doing a decent job, then the whole thing devolves. We got our privileges revoked.
So yes. Let them serve with the same rights and blessings as the rest of us. Who are we to say any differently.
Unless, of course, you are more right than I am.
Let them serve with adults but not with children. I have no ill will toward someone of that persuasion, I just don't want them around my kids
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