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Originally Posted by Trouvere
I am praying and trying my best to minister in this area.You have to love and not waver is all.I am loving people and not caring about anything but each individual.
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Sis, I admire your position, it is the same position I take. Love does not mean allowing yourself to be stepped on or your rights to be taken away to make those who live in sin more comfortable.
Through the years we have prayed for many an unsaved spouse and the saved spouse did not stay home from church or participate in their sin to win them. They stood firm for what they believed, lived the life in front of them, and stood against sin.
My father was an alcoholic but my mother would not allow him to bring alcohol into our home. There were 5 children there. We prayed for him, lived the life in front of him, and when the drinking got so bad...my mother had to separate herself and us from him and the environment. Before my father died he had stopped drinking and had come to God and was baptized.
I said all that to say...true love from God does not excuse the sin but loves the sinner, prays, and catches them when they fall. It does not say, "It's all right to sin let's make it legal, and while we're at it let's love the GLB by showing them whatever they do is all right with us". In Romans, Paul tells us that the
Grace of God does not give us license to sin. But if we sin...we have an advocate with the father through Jesus Christ. Repentence is changing our mind about something and our behavior. This goes for the GLB also.
Blessings, Rhoni
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