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third post on here today, I'm on a roll!
This one I'm sure will cause some huge stir/argument/whatever, so do me a favor and if you're going to be a jerk, just ignore it. So, a friend of mine from my old church just came out of the closet recently. Lately homosexuality has been something I've viewed as a kin to a porn addiction. Both are sexual sins, both are sexual immorality, both are not looked upon kindly in scripture. Here I was thinking I had my mind made up and was finally in a happy and peaceful place in this thing, but as my friend made his announcement it still threw me in for quite a loop. And for more reasons than one. Honestly the fact that he came out was probably the thing that took my by shock the least, since he already had that metro look going. What upset me was the comments he was getting. Comments from other brothers and sisters in Christ, talking about how proud they were of him and they loved him and God loved him. I don't disagree that they should love him, or that God loves him, I was shocked however about the amount of people saying they were proud. That would be like me announcing to the world I'm addicted to porn, and people supporting my addiction and telling me it's all good. No. Sin is still sin isn't it? What disturbed me the most was a christian woman I know extremely telling him that God loves him no matter who he decides to have sex with. Really? I believe the biblical wording is the act of homosexuality. Wouldn't a guy having sex with another guy count as an act of homosexuality? Back to the scenario of if I was to announce that I had a porn addiction, I highly doubt I'd get any comments saying, God loves you no matter how many women you got your jolly's off to. Yeah God loves us, but again, sin is still sin. All being open about it means is that your so full of yourself rather than looking for peoples help, you're expecting their support and for them accept you for who you are, or fall behind. We CAN do all that without accepting and supporting their behavior right?
Thankfully one member from this church we both went to got the cahonies to tell him he had a good church, he helped in a celebrate recovery for teens, and had the perfect forum to be able to be open about who he was and what he struggled with and help other teens with the same, and yet he chose not to, and by doing so he neglected to help anyone that may have needed it, and by not opening to others in the church he neglected any kind of help or support he would have gotten there.
Anyway, thinking about all of this, it has been a weird mind trip of a couple days for me. And again, if all your going to do is spew hate after I post this (pro or con, both are guilty), please keep your mouth shut, I don't need the headache, and neither does anyone else.
This one I'm sure will cause some huge stir/argument/whatever, so do me a favor and if you're going to be a jerk, just ignore it. So, a friend of mine from my old church just came out of the closet recently. Lately homosexuality has been something I've viewed as a kin to a porn addiction. Both are sexual sins, both are sexual immorality, both are not looked upon kindly in scripture. Here I was thinking I had my mind made up and was finally in a happy and peaceful place in this thing, but as my friend made his announcement it still threw me in for quite a loop. And for more reasons than one. Honestly the fact that he came out was probably the thing that took my by shock the least, since he already had that metro look going. What upset me was the comments he was getting. Comments from other brothers and sisters in Christ, talking about how proud they were of him and they loved him and God loved him. I don't disagree that they should love him, or that God loves him, I was shocked however about the amount of people saying they were proud. That would be like me announcing to the world I'm addicted to porn, and people supporting my addiction and telling me it's all good. No. Sin is still sin isn't it? What disturbed me the most was a christian woman I know extremely telling him that God loves him no matter who he decides to have sex with. Really? I believe the biblical wording is the act of homosexuality. Wouldn't a guy having sex with another guy count as an act of homosexuality? Back to the scenario of if I was to announce that I had a porn addiction, I highly doubt I'd get any comments saying, God loves you no matter how many women you got your jolly's off to. Yeah God loves us, but again, sin is still sin. All being open about it means is that your so full of yourself rather than looking for peoples help, you're expecting their support and for them accept you for who you are, or fall behind. We CAN do all that without accepting and supporting their behavior right?
Thankfully one member from this church we both went to got the cahonies to tell him he had a good church, he helped in a celebrate recovery for teens, and had the perfect forum to be able to be open about who he was and what he struggled with and help other teens with the same, and yet he chose not to, and by doing so he neglected to help anyone that may have needed it, and by not opening to others in the church he neglected any kind of help or support he would have gotten there.
Anyway, thinking about all of this, it has been a weird mind trip of a couple days for me. And again, if all your going to do is spew hate after I post this (pro or con, both are guilty), please keep your mouth shut, I don't need the headache, and neither does anyone else.
That is a STICKY situation. I have a friend who's bi... sweet girl. I like talking to her when I see her and she has a good personality. But I definitely don't support her "preferences." But I do believe that I should love her like Christ does, though I know He wants to redeem her and bring her out of that sin.
It's so complicated sometimes to me...knowing that God loves us no matter where we are in life and what we do, but He doesn't want us to continue staying where we are. But it's as beautiful as it is complicated how God loves us.
It's so complicated sometimes to me...knowing that God loves us no matter where we are in life and what we do, but He doesn't want us to continue staying where we are. But it's as beautiful as it is complicated how God loves us.
K
Mr. Zaoman - There's like this fine line difference these days between a man confessing his sin before other men in an act of humility.... and a man confessing he's a homosexual. That kind of "confession" has been made almost heroic and indiscernible by the lifeless and it's been made difficult socially for anybody to react to it. It could be the church members were reacting to the former; the confession of sin before man, the ultimate act of humility and pathway to God while your friend may have mistakenly seen it as acceptance of his sinful lifestyle. You might be doing him a favor by clearing the air.
J
QUOTE=Oncefallen;1218803]Yes I can but don't. Twice I have tampered with someone's Sig as a joke but since it's a user controlled space they can change it back. The user title is not user editable so I don't tamper.[/QUOTE]
Speaking of tampering, your avatar needs to be classed up a bit. Nothing says class like a mustache and bow tie.
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Speaking of tampering, your avatar needs to be classed up a bit. Nothing says class like a mustache and bow tie.
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