I am truly concerned about some of the churches that some of you all are attending. What church baptises a couple that is living together unmarried?
Oh MY!!
. I guess some people wouldn't make it at my church. Unmarried fathers can't even stand up at the dedication ceremonies of their babies at my church. Pregnant unmarried women, and the father of their child are asked to leave any auxilary they may be involved in.
I guess I have a alternate view of spirituality, and I tend to get deep about these things.
Fornincation, homosexuality, promiscuity, these things are the enemy. There are spirits of deception involved. DoggyStyle, you can stop fornicating, pray on it (sincerely). I agreed with a lot of what you have say, but you know you can't just
talk it, you got to
walk it.
When Christians can allow the Holy Spirit to speak through them, and say the words that need to be said, but then get caught up in spirits of DECEPTION (fornication, lying, gambling, drinking, homsexuality), that feeds into the non-believers shrill cry of "hypocrite...hypocrite."
Christian sinners are
supposed to repent. Repentance doesn't mean, "Yo, God, my bad, Baby had a big ole butt. I had to tap that. Forgive me for the next time, now, cuz I know I'mma hit that again." Repentance means, "I was dead wrong, and I won't do that, no more." Gay men, living together fully intend to do it
some more.
I don't care that this is an unpopular view, if I were the pastor of that church, they woulda been standing by the baptismal pool waiting...and waiting...and waiting. I agree that homosexuals need, and deserve love(not acceptance of lifestyle, love. I don't accept that child molesters were born that way, so I surely ain't gone accept that nobody else, no matter what their affliction was "born that way", that's a spirit of deception), however, as a pastor, you can not condone no mess. God doesn't deal in mess. Those are spirits of deception, I tell you. Spirits of deception. The enemy comes in like a flood.
Ain't nobody perfect, and I certainly believe that all sin is the same, ain't no big, ain't no little, but God's glory comes through repentance. People have got to stop justifying their actions with, "God knows my heart." I honestly believe that God knowing some of our
hearts, is what's gonna get us in the biggest trouble of all.
I hope I didn't come off as self-righteous, I wasn't trying to be.
Oh, and I agree completely with Delph998. I'm concerned about some people up in here, I'm in prayer for some GCers. Myself included.