Yes, Jesus was separate from sinners and He was not of this world
but
He hung out with sinners
He was criticized for being a glutton and a wine bibber.
So,
His separation from sinners and His being not of this world did not mean He was isolated from them or physically separated from them.
He spent time with them, He hung out with them, yet He was not like them.
Separation is not isolation or withdrawing from, it is being among but being different in attitude.
I wonder how many years it will be before gay marriage is as acceptable among evangelicals and Pentecostals as inter racial marriage has become over time.
Hold the horses!! Interacial marriage doesn't even remotely ralate to same sex marriage.
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Today pull up the little weeds,
The sinful thoughts subdue,
Or they will take the reins themselves
And someday master you. --Anon.
The most deadly sins do not leap upon us, they creep up on us.
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens Heb. 7:26
... and yet ...
Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, "This Man receives sinners and eats with them."
What does that have to do with the comment I made?
I also have never made that claim. People have always been moved upon by God and always will be.
Several have asked your definition of "fellowship" and you haven't answered yet. So I went the the official definition of "Fellowship" and I say a resounding, "Yes, absolutely." I especially had not problem "fellowshipping" with the gay surgeon who saved my son's life.
Yeah... you send me emails and IM's all the time making that claim.
What I meant was that there are those who will make an appeal to the old racist laws against "mixed marriages" as being comparable to the present day resistance to "gay marriage."
That's what I'm saying is "apples and oranges."
A racially "mixed" marriage between a man and a woman will still produce offspring. That is what the racists of the past sought to avoid when they legislated against such marriages.
"Gay marriages" produce no offspring. They are being opposed, not on racist grounds, but on moral grounds.
Gays still have the fundamental rights of free association. They can live with and couple with whomever they choose. They are just currently (for the most part, there are some exceptions) having a societal sanction withheld from their unions in the form of a marriage certificate.
Yeah... you send me emails and IM's all the time making that claim.
What I meant was that there are those who will make an appeal to the old racist laws against "mixed marriages" as being comparable to the present day resistance to "gay marriage."
That's what I'm saying is "apples and oranges."
A racially "mixed" marriage between a man and a woman will still produce offspring. That is what the racists of the past sought to avoid when they legislated against such marriages.
"Gay marriages" produce no offspring. They are being opposed, not on racist grounds, but on moral grounds.
Gays still have the fundamental rights of free association. They can live with and couple with whomever they choose. They are just currently (for the most part, there are some exceptions) having a societal sanction withheld from their unions in the form of a marriage certificate.
I'm glad you're putting "mixed" in quotations. I can't STAND the term "Mixed Marriage". Every marriage is a mixed marriage. Every marriage includes a man and a woman (at least here in California, it does) and you can't get any more mixed than that.
Yeah... you send me emails and IM's all the time making that claim.
What I meant was that there are those who will make an appeal to the old racist laws against "mixed marriages" as being comparable to the present day resistance to "gay marriage."
That's what I'm saying is "apples and oranges."
A racially "mixed" marriage between a man and a woman will still produce offspring. That is what the racists of the past sought to avoid when they legislated against such marriages.
"Gay marriages" produce no offspring. They are being opposed, not on racist grounds, but on moral grounds.
Gays still have the fundamental rights of free association. They can live with and couple with whomever they choose. They are just currently (for the most part, there are some exceptions) having a societal sanction withheld from their unions in the form of a marriage certificate.
Ah. Gotcha.
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