Post by Les Brewer on Feb 1, 2012 13:48:18 GMT
John Wolf
Hi to all and may the blessings of God's love and peace be upon you! I would like to make a comment on a cartoon that was forwarded to my FB page this morning. Maybe some of you have seen it and felt the hatred coming from it towards christians as I did. The problem I have with it is this: 1.) If there are any ...true christians out there who actually hate homosexuals and lesbians because of the sin in their lives,then you must repent of the sin of hatred,and get things right or you will miss out with God. The truth of the matter is this: hatred of our fellow human beings is condemned. I John 3:4-9 speaks of those who say they have been born of God but still practice sin on a regular basis. The fact is you do not know God. 2.) For those who are homosexual and lesbians,or drunkards,or pediphiles,or illegal drug pushers or users, for those who are bank robbers, liars, adulterers, murderers, kidnappers, rapers, and rappers, basically all of mankind including myself and you, anyone who commits sin on ocassion or on a more habitual basis, must repent, I will repeat myself, must repent of sin, turn away from it,get it out of our lives, forsake it, run from it like you would run from aids, or the plague, or any other horrendous desease that will kill you. Sin, all sin is in fact hated by God almighty, but He still loves the sinner. Some how, Satan the enemy of all souls has blinded the minds of some into thinking that our own sins are somehow not as bad as someone else's sin.Let me be as clear as I possibly can, all sin, mine, yours, everyone's, if not repented of, will send you to hell for eternity. 3.) John 3:16 says,"For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only begotten Son, that whosoever would believe in Him would not perish, but have everlasting life." The whosoever is anyone who will choose Christ, me, you, anyone. The same path must be taken for the "small" or "narrow" minded individual as well as the so called "open" or "broad" minded individual. Jesus Christ even loves those who think He's small minded. 4.) The same problem exists in the "open" minded person as well as the "narrow" minded individual. We always think our sins are somehow not as bad as someone else's. The truth of the matter is this: God has provided a way, only one way, Jesus Christ as the way to get to Him. I'm very sorry if this is so displeasing to those that think there can't be only one way. I didn't make the rules, God did and for very good reasons. Sinful man can not redeem himself, we just simply can't. A perfect Man had to do it, His name is Jesus Christ. Rather than hate God, and really this is what it boils down too, for only providing One way, you should be thankful that He indeed did provide a way. We somehow, in our sinful fallen state, have allowed Satan to convince us that God owes us something. It is the hieght of arrogance and ignorance to think that He owes us something.Let me be very clear,God owes us nothing,we owe Him everything. 5.) If by chance there is any homosexual or lesbian,or any other rank sinner,who has rejected God's only way of salvation,first of all you need to know that God loves you,He gave His Son for you so that you would not die lost.However,if Jesus is too narrow minded for you,then God will allow you to travel the broad and wide way that leads to destruction,you can have it,if that's what you want,but don't deceive yourself into thinking that somehow your sins are not as bad as others.They're not. 6.) True love requires that we,as christians,tell all, the truth of what sin can do,and how it will destroy you.Do you think that somehow I have escaped the same self-examination of a sinful life.I too was once on the "broad minded" way to hell,and I thank God that He arrested my thinking and showed me the truth about myself.The problem with all the "narrow" and "broad" minded people is stubborn self righteousness and pride.Get over yourself and get your head out of the sand,do a little self examination,true self examination,and maybe you will see that you are just as wicked and ugly from sin as the rest of us.You need God more than you are willing to admit....In the love of Christ.....JW
Hi to all and may the blessings of God's love and peace be upon you! I would like to make a comment on a cartoon that was forwarded to my FB page this morning. Maybe some of you have seen it and felt the hatred coming from it towards christians as I did. The problem I have with it is this: 1.) If there are any ...true christians out there who actually hate homosexuals and lesbians because of the sin in their lives,then you must repent of the sin of hatred,and get things right or you will miss out with God. The truth of the matter is this: hatred of our fellow human beings is condemned. I John 3:4-9 speaks of those who say they have been born of God but still practice sin on a regular basis. The fact is you do not know God. 2.) For those who are homosexual and lesbians,or drunkards,or pediphiles,or illegal drug pushers or users, for those who are bank robbers, liars, adulterers, murderers, kidnappers, rapers, and rappers, basically all of mankind including myself and you, anyone who commits sin on ocassion or on a more habitual basis, must repent, I will repeat myself, must repent of sin, turn away from it,get it out of our lives, forsake it, run from it like you would run from aids, or the plague, or any other horrendous desease that will kill you. Sin, all sin is in fact hated by God almighty, but He still loves the sinner. Some how, Satan the enemy of all souls has blinded the minds of some into thinking that our own sins are somehow not as bad as someone else's sin.Let me be as clear as I possibly can, all sin, mine, yours, everyone's, if not repented of, will send you to hell for eternity. 3.) John 3:16 says,"For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only begotten Son, that whosoever would believe in Him would not perish, but have everlasting life." The whosoever is anyone who will choose Christ, me, you, anyone. The same path must be taken for the "small" or "narrow" minded individual as well as the so called "open" or "broad" minded individual. Jesus Christ even loves those who think He's small minded. 4.) The same problem exists in the "open" minded person as well as the "narrow" minded individual. We always think our sins are somehow not as bad as someone else's. The truth of the matter is this: God has provided a way, only one way, Jesus Christ as the way to get to Him. I'm very sorry if this is so displeasing to those that think there can't be only one way. I didn't make the rules, God did and for very good reasons. Sinful man can not redeem himself, we just simply can't. A perfect Man had to do it, His name is Jesus Christ. Rather than hate God, and really this is what it boils down too, for only providing One way, you should be thankful that He indeed did provide a way. We somehow, in our sinful fallen state, have allowed Satan to convince us that God owes us something. It is the hieght of arrogance and ignorance to think that He owes us something.Let me be very clear,God owes us nothing,we owe Him everything. 5.) If by chance there is any homosexual or lesbian,or any other rank sinner,who has rejected God's only way of salvation,first of all you need to know that God loves you,He gave His Son for you so that you would not die lost.However,if Jesus is too narrow minded for you,then God will allow you to travel the broad and wide way that leads to destruction,you can have it,if that's what you want,but don't deceive yourself into thinking that somehow your sins are not as bad as others.They're not. 6.) True love requires that we,as christians,tell all, the truth of what sin can do,and how it will destroy you.Do you think that somehow I have escaped the same self-examination of a sinful life.I too was once on the "broad minded" way to hell,and I thank God that He arrested my thinking and showed me the truth about myself.The problem with all the "narrow" and "broad" minded people is stubborn self righteousness and pride.Get over yourself and get your head out of the sand,do a little self examination,true self examination,and maybe you will see that you are just as wicked and ugly from sin as the rest of us.You need God more than you are willing to admit....In the love of Christ.....JW
