{"id":23561,"date":"2016-06-11T15:31:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T19:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/?p=23561"},"modified":"2017-02-25T15:54:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T18:54:28","slug":"page-503-gaining-his-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/?p=23561","title":{"rendered":"Page 503 &#8230; gaining His approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis issue is complicated because unlike many other sins, the homosexual is often in search of approval for his\/her actions, which is something that I as a believer simply cannot give.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh my \u2026 What a cold thing to say, my Friend!\u00a0 \u00a0Not only is it bigoted &amp; callous &amp; indeed downright cruel (considering the repulsively barbaric consequences that such a belief inherently carries with it for all gays \u2013 <strong><em>if<\/em><\/strong> it turns out to be true), but it is also a direct violation of everything Jesus taught and everything he stood for \u2026 Lucy, I don\u2019t know who wrote this particular article that you are obviously quoting [I subsequently found out \u2013 see footnotes 49 &amp; 50 on page 497], and yet I have faith that it is now quite clear that you need to distance yourself from such false prophets as quickly as possible!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>Beware of false prophets<\/em><\/strong>, who come to you in sheep\u2019s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.\u00a0 In the same way that every good tree bears good fruit, bad trees bear bad fruit. <sup>\u00a0<\/sup>A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. <sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus <strong><em>you will know them by their fruits<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d ~ <strong>Jesus<\/strong> Christ (Matthew 7:15-16)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeloved, do not believe every spirit, but <strong><em>test the spirits<\/em><\/strong> to see whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.\u201d ~ 1 John 4:1<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeloved, do not imitate what is evil but imitate what is good. <strong><em>Whoever does good is from God<\/em><\/strong>; whoever does evil has not yet seen God.\u201d ~ 3 John 1:11<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you see the speck in your neighbor\u2019s eye, but do not notice the log in your own? &#8230; You hypocrite! First <strong><em>take the log out of your own eye<\/em><\/strong>, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your neighbor\u2019s &#8230; You hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup [of others], but inside are full of self-indulgence &#8230; First <strong><em>clean the inside of your own cup<\/em><\/strong>, so that the outside may also then become truly clean \u2026 Do not judge by mere appearances; judge with righteous discernment.\u201d ~ <strong>Jesus<\/strong> Christ (Matthew 7:3-5, Matthew 23:25-26 &amp; John 7:24)<br \/>\n\u201cTruly I tell you, <strong><em>unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven<\/em><\/strong>. Whoever becomes humble like this young child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven \u2026 <strong><em>Be merciful<\/em><\/strong>, just as your heavenly Father is merciful.\u201d ~ <strong>Jesus<\/strong> Christ (Matthew 18:3-4 + Luke 6:36)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen Peter came and said to him, \u2018Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often should I forgive him? As many as seven times?\u2019 <sup>\u00a0And <\/sup>Jesus said to him, \u2018Not seven times, but, I tell you, <strong>seventy-times-seven<\/strong> times.\u2019\u201d ~ Matthew 18:21-22*<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[*<strong>NOTE<\/strong> that 70 in this verse represents \u201ceveryone\u201d \u2013 <strong><em>including homosexuals<\/em><\/strong> (see the 70 nations of humanity mentioned in Genesis 10), while 7 was known to mean \u201ccompletely\u201d for the Jews of Jesus\u2019 day (i.e. without judgment of any kind).]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/L338.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25973\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/L338.png\" alt=\"L338\" width=\"321\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/L338.png 565w, http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/L338-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/L338-300x298.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis issue is complicated because unlike many other sins, the homosexual is often in search of approval for his\/her actions, which is something that I as a believer simply cannot give.\u201d &nbsp; Oh my \u2026 What a cold thing to say, my Friend!\u00a0 \u00a0Not only is it bigoted &amp; callous &amp; indeed downright cruel (considering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4632],"tags":[15,3321,478,656,188,4639,358,3811,1590,4476,4638,4633,860,359,112,457,714,2247,928,754,1095,212,3320,4217,158,41,111,2593,1824,4323,2069,2265,85,4642,1641,65,1094,4634,2101,789,72,93,35,704,108,952,1164,210,4635,107,22,4268,1829,150,28,255,2093,4646,4004,2098,4637,1819,2044,1733,1731,2031,4649,4647,1647,4636,37,4643,124,1549,2045,3150,580,194,4648,1125,612,129,1681,4641,4640,4644,283,4250,206,672,45,191,4645],"class_list":["post-23561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-burnishing-bigotry","tag-acceptance","tag-adonai","tag-agape","tag-angels","tag-arrogance","tag-atlanta","tag-bible","tag-bigot","tag-bigotry","tag-bisexual","tag-bishop-allen","tag-burnishing","tag-christ","tag-christianity","tag-compassion","tag-condemnation","tag-conservative","tag-corinthians","tag-damnation","tag-darkness","tag-demons","tag-dogma","tag-elohim","tag-evangelical","tag-evil","tag-faith","tag-forgiveness","tag-fundamentalism","tag-gay","tag-gay-marriage","tag-gay-rights","tag-gehenna","tag-god","tag-gomorrah","tag-good","tag-heaven","tag-hell","tag-homo","tag-homosexual","tag-homosexuality","tag-hope","tag-humility","tag-hypocrisy","tag-ignorance","tag-injustice","tag-intercourse","tag-intolerance","tag-jesus","tag-jude","tag-justice","tag-kindness","tag-lesbian","tag-leviticus","tag-light","tag-love","tag-lust","tag-marriage","tag-marriage-equality","tag-mitzvot","tag-old-testament","tag-oliver-clyde-allen","tag-parable","tag-pastor","tag-paul","tag-preacher","tag-prejudice","tag-prodigal","tag-progressive","tag-redemption","tag-reformation","tag-religion","tag-repent","tag-repentance","tag-revelation","tag-reverend","tag-romans","tag-saint","tag-salvation","tag-samaritan","tag-satan","tag-sex","tag-sin","tag-sinner","tag-sodom","tag-sodomy","tag-straight","tag-tolerance","tag-transgender","tag-truth","tag-unconditional","tag-vision","tag-wisdom","tag-yhwh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25974,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23561\/revisions\/25974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inspiringthealtruisticmoment.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}