Pages 570-571 … To sin no more
Next you state that we are “not [going to] say that God accepts [sin], because that is what you are doing.”
Not at all true, my dear Friend, not at all! Indeed, what I have stated publicly in this thread (and what I will state publicly again) is that we all must “pay” for our sins – all of us without exception. Homosexuals who lust & manipulate must “pay” for their transgressions against others, and you & yours who arrogantly & hypocritically condemn homosexuals must “pay” for yours as well … Where you & I essentially differ is the magnitude of those payments, with you worshiping a God who is patently unjust & decidedly wicked – a God who punishes finite sins with an infinity of suffering; whereas I believe that the consequences we harvest are always commensurate & just – that they are always equal to the deeds done; in effect, that we always reap what we sow, and only what we sow – lustful homosexuals & arrogant heterosexuals alike.
Then you note that, “Jesus said ‘Go and sin no more’” (John 8:11), and I would simply say that this is quite correct. Jesus did encourage all of us (you included) to sin no more – and yet he never once said that he would condemn us in any way of we failed to do so! He didn’t turn his back on the adulteress of John 8 when she most certainly continued to slip into sin thereafter, he won’t turn his back on homosexuals who happen to slip into sins of lust or greed – and he is not in this very moment turning his back on you & yours while you continue to bathe in the sins of arrogant callousness & hypocritical judgment.
“I give you a new commandment: that you Love one another. Just as I have Loved you, so also should you Love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples: if you show Love towards one another … Be merciful, just as your Father in Heaven is merciful … The Father judges no one, but as given all judgment to the Son … You judge by human standards, and yet I judge no one … I do not judge anyone who hears my words and yet does not keep them, for I cam not to judge the world but to offer it Salvation … Be perfect [in your Love] therefore, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.” ~ Jesus Christ (John 13:34-35 + Luke 6:36 + John 5:22 + John 8:15 + John 12:47 + Matthew 5:48)
P.S. My dear Lucy, from the beginning of this thread you have shown neither the will nor the ability to listen to anything either I or the Scriptures have most patiently shared with you. As such, for many moons now I have been writing not only to you (on the very off-chance that you might one day attain the “ears to Hear” &/or “the eyes to See” The Way of Christ) but to all others who might be reading along currently, and for all those who will indeed be reading along after much of the contents of this thread has been released to the public (with all names changed, of course) … You see, I feel that the information we are both relaying is very important – you championing the religious dogma of Paul (& the laws of the Old Testament, & the book of Revelation); that tempts people to selfishly strive to save themselves in the Hereafter; and me championing the teachings & the Commandments of Jesus Christ exactly as he shared them in the Gospels. And it is for this reason that I will continue to calmly point out the errors you make regarding the contents of the Scriptures as well as the drastic consequences that come to all who choose your personal Paulinist theology over The Way of Jesus Christ.
P.P.S. It is an insult to the life of Christ to claim that we should “love” homosexuals by damning them to Hell – by condemning them instead of Caring for them – by tempting them into denying the perfect way they were made by their Creator (merely because you & yours have been taught otherwise) – by ignoring Jesus’ extremely clear Call to take care of our own sins and cease criticizing those of others – and by denying the still undeniable FACT that homosexuality itself IS — NOT — A — SIN!!!!
P.P.S.S. You have indirectly expressed the belief that I am not at peace, and I will admit that this is indeed often the case. For as long as people like you use the Scriptures to justify intolerance, and hatred, and prejudice – as long as you & yours use the Bible to persecute the innocent &/or harm the “heathen”, then I will indeed not find peace … And yet I ask for nothing for myself (in this lifetime or the next); only the honor & the privilege of openly defending the innocent against such unjust persecutions, and thereby openly following The Way of Jesus Christ … Amen!
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