tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412187929957069944.post1617692945812465801..comments2024-03-29T03:36:18.746-07:00Comments on Frank's Christian Thoughts: A Samaritan at the PulseFrank E. Blasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12218732913319387677noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412187929957069944.post-21274557973399576852016-06-22T12:58:56.281-07:002016-06-22T12:58:56.281-07:00The fact that homosexuality is singled out by cert...The fact that homosexuality is singled out by certain ministers probably says more about their personal anxieties than any real antipathy towards that particular sin. No sin is really worse than any other as in the first instance all sin is disobedience to God. Controversial Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01592854534440021411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412187929957069944.post-49445287658123708822016-06-20T09:16:22.227-07:002016-06-20T09:16:22.227-07:00Like many other things there is more than one part...Like many other things there is more than one part to the Story. I Corinthians 6:9-10 definitely states, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." <br /><br />Too often the church and organized religion focuses on Homosexuality and ignores adultery, promiscuity, drunkeness or materialism and greed which are also listed as indicators that a person is not a Christian. <br /><br />We also tend to forget that as I Corinthians 6:11 says, we were equally bad before God changed us. "And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God." <br /><br />If we are to win them to Christ, we cannot condone or ignore their sin, but at the same time we must realize Christ came to save them from that sin. We are not to push them into hell. Either extreme is going against God. <br /><br /><br />Donald Fishgrabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11977970195032209188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5412187929957069944.post-64010985236822178962016-06-19T11:01:44.512-07:002016-06-19T11:01:44.512-07:00Dear Frank,
Thanks as always for the thought-provo...Dear Frank,<br />Thanks as always for the thought-provoking post. As our pastor often says, religion never saved anyone -- religion can be deadly, deceptive, and send you straight to hell. Only faith in our Lord Jesus Christ saves. He is Love and Truth, and He asks us to speak the truth in love. It is not ours to judge, only to know what the Bible says and to share that with others, in love. God loves sinners enough to have sent His only Son to die for us, but He hates sin. We should know and stand up for what is right and fight against what is wrong, beginning in our own hearts, minds and lives.<br />God bless,<br />Laurie Laurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.com