Romans 1 is clear. If the Bible says it, then it is clear, the God not only hates homosexuality, but also those who give approval of that sin. Yes, it is sin. Yes, you must repent. God's love will never tolerate what will destroy you.
Romans 1 is clear. If the Bible says it, then it is clear, the God not only hates homosexuality, but also those who give approval of that sin. Yes, it is sin. Yes, you must repent. God's love will never tolerate what will destroy you.
I'm so grateful that God's love is way, way bigger than this attitude.
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You become free from who you have become, by becoming who you were meant to be. ~Mark from another forum I post on
God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. ~Romans 3:24 from The Message
The chapter he referenced is one passage in a really big Bible.
The problem I have is with this, "God hates homosexuality, but also those who give approval of that sin." No...God doesn't hate people.
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You become free from who you have become, by becoming who you were meant to be. ~Mark from another forum I post on
God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. ~Romans 3:24 from The Message
God condemns both the sinner and those who give approval of the sin. I wish folks would quit making excuses for the acceptance of what god hates, but sin loves sin. God does not hate people, and you are right. But their sin, and this includes the abomination of homosexuality, God does hate. God loves us so much He died for us. He hates sin so much He died to deliver us from it.
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Bro. William M. Price
All sin is an "abomination". While many rant and rave over homosexuality and it's sinfulness, few adequately explain "why" it is a sin.
God is love. God only desires that we love others as ourselves. Homosexuality doesn't manifest "love" as God desires. In the vast majority of cases it only manifests varying degrees of lust and self serving fraternity. When one realizes the depth to which they have allowed themselves to use others and be used by them, only then will they begin to see why it isn't pleasing to a God who is truly "love".
Essentially, isn't this the core of all sexual sin? The gratuitous use and abuse of self and others for selfish gratification? Such is void of true love.
One cannot truly love their neighbor... and continue to use them to fulfill carnal lusts as though they are objects to gratify the flesh and self.
Does not true love "hate" that which endangers the object of it's affection?
Saying that God is love, and understanding it's ontological reality, doesn't preclude God's hatred for sin. For it is "sin" that has endangered His most beloved creation, man.
You asked "Do we ALL...." and "ALL" would have included even your son
So my answers actually do address even your gay son.
Yes, exactly. But some people don't like to personalize this, and say it about a specific person. See Mike's response. "Where did that come from?" "God is the one who determines who deserves what. Not us." But he would probably say, as you did, we all deserve it. Steve Epley also will not personalize this. He will identify groups of people who will be thrown into the lake of fire, but he will not say that about any individual who is a member of such a group.
Weird, isn't it?
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