Well said,I agree with it all but one point I have to ask about. How can you preach the gospel without condemnation? If homosexuality is wrong then preaching from the Bible is going to condemn that sin. Did I misunderstand that,or could you explain better? We're condemned to death if we dont repent of sin,if we continue to live the lifestyle. Its hard to preach the truth without condemnation of sin.
"There is therefore now no condemnation for those that are
in Christ." Earlier I mentioned no condemnation and in Christ was right next to it. The point being, God doesn't condemn them
in Christ. You would be presenting the Gospel to them, after all. You present to them the "Good News", and that is that Jesus paid the penalty of their sin and in Him is no condemnation. Jesus has reconciled them to God.
Also, you don't preach to them in the manner of condemnation and anger, like that of the street preachers on Youtube. Calling people whores, and filthy scum. Jesus didn't come to condemn the world but save it, so why would we go and condemn people? Unnecessary, just present the Gospel truth to them. Even better, operate in power and don't rely on your own wisdom and crafty arguments. Let God work through you to minister to the non-believer, in whatever way He sees fit (such as healing, word of knowledge, etc).
You often see people condemning the world, and it presents us as self-righteous. Yet the bible says that Jesus is the propitiation for the sins
of the world, that includes the non believers. So, in actuality, their sins (plural) aren't the issue. The real issue or sin (singular), if you will, is disbelief in Jesus Christ. In order to obtain or have the forgiveness credited to your account is through belief in Jesus by the drawing of the Holy Spirit.
That is at the heart of the problem, yes they are condemned, so there is no need to start pulling their fingers off of the cliff while they are hanging for dear life. You are to give them the rope, the life line. That is Jesus, that is the Gospel. Do you really need to emphasize to the person hanging off the cliff just how crappy their situation is? In the same way, you can ask someone by their own conscience if they have ever sinned and they will honestly say yes, they know they've done something wrong in their life. It doesn't take condemnation to bring them to this reality, it takes realizing that Jesus paid the price for their sin and he is the escape or exit on their highway to Hell.
PS: That's why the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin (singular), as Jesus said, "because they believe not on Me." Disbelief is the sin here, and it is the most grievous of sins because it denies the Son of God's sacrifice on behalf of man.
