“Whoever pleads an excuse for sin, therefore, charges God with blame”, and you follow that statement by claiming that this is exactly what I am doing in this thread – making excuses for the sin of homosexuality and the sins of homosexuals, and thereby somehow “blaming God” (presumably for His inability to provide those sinners […]
“For God requires us, despite of our circumstances, to abandon our sin. For it is necessary to do so in order to serve God!” Yes, and that is exactly the point, my dear … God requires US to abandon OUR sins. He does not want us to correct the sins of others! So please, […]
“It is so hard for sinners to abandon their excuses and admit the humbling truth that they themselves are all wrong, and that God is all right.” My Friend, you seem to have forgotten how to listen to the wisdom of your own conscience – you seem to have neglected the Spirit of Truth […]
“Excuses render repentance impossible, for excuses are justifications, and who does not know that justification is the very opposite of confession and repentance?” My dear Lucy, when I see you repeatedly quoting such things – when I see you repeatedly championing a theology that excludes and criticizes and cajoles and condemns, it really does […]
“It is irrational to expect that we can, by any grace received in this life, perfectly obey the law of God; that there is not grace and help enough afforded by God [for that].” Fair enough, my Friend If this is truly the doctrine to which you wish to subscribe – a doctrine that […]
“Away with such teaching to the nether pit whence it came!” ~ C. G. Finney Actually, if we are going to be accurate for Finney’s sake, we are going to have to make the context of this verbal gem match the quite liberal abolitionist stance he took during his theologically revolutionary life … And […]
“So hard it is to persuade the Lord to give them a particle of grace!” Of course, we all know that is anything but the Truth … As Jesus understood so well, Grace – at least for the Father of Christ – is a constant given; never a mere passing gift. “In the […]
“What is this but charging God of withholding sufficient grace?” Well, as my recent replies on pages previous have clearly shown, I can conveniently agree with Finney here, for the simple reason that – were he to be alive today and participating in our current conversation – he would almost undeniably be siding with […]
“Many would recognize that referring to ‘our personalities’ as an excuse for behaving ungodly is [still] sin. In fact, regardless of how unique God has made each of us, the Bible clearly states that all are to have evidence of the Fruit of the Spirit.” YES, my dear Lucy, now you are onto it! […]
“There are no verses that describe or let us make excuses for sin because of our personalities, backgrounds or circumstances. But there are many verses that say we are to change and put off sin.” First of all Lucy, I once again remind you that this entire C. G. Finney sermon is essentially irrelevant […]
“God expects [that we not excuse the sins of others].” Well if that is indeed the case, then He is not a perfectly Loving God (period) … and if that is indeed the case then Jesus was wrong in Matthew 5:48 when he claimed that his heavenly Father’s Love was complete & without condition or […]
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