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Originally Posted by Joey Boneski
I don't think that would constitute a stoning...homosexuality was not embraced by Jesus...no scripture on that at all...the homosexual may be embraced by Jesus in repentance...but sin is sin...never embraced by Him at all. It's mostly the preaching against sin that drives sinners away from Apostolic churches....to run to a place where their sins are embraced being tickled in their itching ears...without any change.
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Adultery wasn't embraced by Jesus. He said, if a man looks upon a woman and lusts after her, the visual alone constituted sexual sin.
But, when Jesus faced people in this situation, even in the physical sense, there was extended mercy while under the hype of the Law and Letter.
Sexual perversion can be just as wrong between 2 people of the opposite sex as with the same sex. I've brought up the issue of Sex Slavery, (it) being the second largest black market crime in this Nation. Just because a "Man and a woman" might be involved in the act, the potential evil of fantasized intimacy is no different than Homosexuality. They are both abominations.
Pulling back the covers of Internet Sex is another vile that has overrun our Planet. Jesus never talked about this, either. Internet Pornography is the number online industry, bringing in more annual revenue than the NBA, NFL, and MLB, combined. So, how do we address those that have sex with their computer? What line does this cross?
This issue is not about embracing sin, it's about extending mercy. Comments that refer a mocking intent incite a bashing mentality, not mercy. This is profiling, and Religion is entirely guilty of this. We can look down on others, not understanding the plights they've been through. We put our constituents on “Witch Hunts”, and when we’ve hung people out to dry, we wind up with innocent blood all over hands.
I'm sick and tired of the "Apostolic Bash". Spiritual Pride runs deep in our veins, and we've looked down on the World of the forgotten and the forsaken by calling ourselves special.
Joey, we all stink! We are all wretched! We are all capable of doing the foul and nasty!
This has been the sound, blaring from our Churches and Pulpits;
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
We boast, we tell the World we are Holy, while publicans fall on their faces crying out for mercy upon the wretched man that lives inside of them. Problem is, we don't hear the cry because we're too busy looking in the mirror of our Faith. Our idea is better. God has chosen US. We’ve found the straight and narrow.
Our lack of love and dishonesty is what's driving people out the door. We hide behind our dress and doctrinal arrogance, and those within our Movement are beginning to see this. We blaze past the suffering, the needy, and the unfortunate with another Denominal Trumpet that rises and falls just like all the others.
Mankind as a whole is nothing more than a wayward Son, stumbling over every attempt to do the right thing. Thank God for a Savior!
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