Every Perfect Gift Is From Above
January 1, 2012
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The Truth About Homosexuality Stated Without Prejudice
12/29/11
Homosexuality
- Has no bearing on one’s salvation
- Is never a cause for man to judge another man
- God so loved the WHOLE world (John 3:16)
2Pe 2:1-2
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;
“degrading”
from atimia – means dishonorable, disgraceful, perverted; in context refers to sexual perversion (eg: homosexuality)
Homosexuality
No person is born a homosexual. Homosexuality is born of a perversion of the flesh. The system of thinking that promotes homosexuality is evil, which produces acts of homosexuality that are sinful.
Homosexuality
All sins of homosexuality were paid for on the Cross. In this way, they are no less “paid for” than any other sin.
Perverting God’s Plan
Instead of looking to God as the source of solution (by grace), the arrogant look to God as if He were the source of sin!
Blaming God for Sin
Considering the fact that homosexual acts are the products of temptation, when someone claims being gay is a gift of God, it is equivalent to saying that God is the author of temptation!
Don’t Blame God!
As with ANY sin, a homosexual act is the result of a person giving in to their OWN lust! Refusing to take responsibility for one’s own sinning is how one remains in bondage to evil.
Spiritual Adultery
When the OSN adulterates, lust becomes impregnated with the seed of temptation, bearing a “child” called sin that becomes animated.
Perverting Salvation
To proclaim that God is the author of evil (ala homosexuality) is to say that He is the promoter of sin, which ultimately extinguishes the requirement for a Savior by removing the personal responsibility of sin from man and attributing it to God!
“brings forth”
from apokueo – is a medical term that means a child is born dead; sin is born spiritually dead; spiritual death means totally separate from God
A Walking Corpse
Reversionism is a condition resulting from a spiritual vector pointing away from God. The further one walks away from Him, the more they grant power to the sphere of death, hence being “dead even while [they] live” (ala 1Ti 5:6).
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Denying Truth will never change the Truth!
…regardless of how vehemently one kicks against it!
Public Facebook Comment
"Without Prejudice,", Ed? REALLY? Wow....Here we are in 2012 almost and you're still preaching such bullsh*t. You should be ashamed to call yourself a man of God. I'm off of my soapbox now. Take care.
Perfect Gifts
Being gay is not a gift from God. Neither is being an alcoholic, a drug addict, a sex addict, a pathological liar, or any other evil system of thinking. The Word metabolized in the soul is the “perfect gift”!
Balance Statements
The ability to identify sin is a grace gift from God. Good doctrine rejects sin, however good doctrine does not reject the sinner!
Adam Clarke (Jam 1:19-20)
A furious zeal in matters of religion is detestable in the sight of God; The zeal that made the Papists persecute and burn the Protestants, was kindled in hell. This was the wrath of man, and did not work any righteous act for God; nor was it the means of working righteousness in others; the bad fruit of a bad tree.
Don’t Judge!
Christians are not called to judge homosexuals. We aren’t called to endorse them, either. We are called to represent the Truth in the Bible. Any conviction that may lead to repentance is the work of God the Holy Spirit.
“But all things”
Reference to evil things that “need” to be exposed; refers to the “need” for a system of perception that can discern good from bad
“by the light”
Refers to the ability of BD (1Co 2:16) to “expose” evil
Divine Partnership
If you guard the light in your soul, the light in your soul guards you!
Eph 5:13b
“for everything that becomes visible is light” - refers to the fact that divine perception reveals the true nature of an object (whether it’s good or bad); truth is always light
“Seeing It All” as Truth
The Bible never says that possessing divine viewpoint means we get to wear rose-colored glasses! Truth shines light on everything - the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Prescription Lenses
It’s impossible to respond appropriately to the stimuli in life if it’s consistently perverted in the first place due to a flawed system of perception.
2Co 11:4
For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.
Grace
Grace is agitation to the arrogant and tranquility to the humble.
The Value of Testing
When you have the capacity by means of grace, your faith WILL be tested, it’s the fundamental premise of the Appeal Trial in the A.C.
Shades of Testing (2Co 13:5)
- “Test” is from peirazo, which means to discover if something is good or bad
- “examine” is from dokimazo, which means to test for the sole purpose of approval, for the sake of graduation
“Test” Your Doctrine!
We all have “doctrine” by the strict definition of the word. We all have faith in our doctrine. The question is then when you “test” it, do you find it to be good?
2Th 1:5 [Message]
All this trouble is a clear sign that God has decided to make you fit for the kingdom. You're suffering now, but justice is on the way. When the Master Jesus appears out of heaven in a blaze of fire with his strong angels, he'll even up the score by settling accounts with those who gave you such a bad time.
AC Appeal Trial Evidence
Faith in the legitimate working object in the soul (His Word) is what manufactures evidence for the prosecution. Evidence remains locked up as potential energy until its power is revealed through testing.
Communion 1 Corinthians 11:23