Why arn't you talking about the "gay issue?" We are supposed to
minister the way Jesus did as He is our example
and He always hit sin head on ie He confronted the rich young
ruler with his heart of covetousness which he was not
yet willing to part with. Jesus didn't chase after him and keep
talking about grace. He did minister to those God showed
Him and warned them to go and sin no more lest a worse thing
come upon them. But He didn't minister to everyone he met.
Today we take sin so lightly because we don't believe God means
what He says or that the chaos in our lives is rooted
in sin and unrighteousness. God is supposed to bless this mess
because of grace, because he loves us so much and this
is the lie. He will not do it because to do so He would have to
violate His own Word. You can talk grace till the cows
come home but until this person hears the truth and is willing
to repent from the heart God will not honor your words JD.
Well, maybe God has
put us together "for such a time as this." Right now the
relationship is something of a novelty -- at least for him. My
conversation with him is different from "the others." So, maybe I
might be able to make sense to him. What I am not doing is talking
about the gay issue, per se. He is
but I am trying to get him to stop and examine what it means when it
says that "Christ died for us while we were YET sinners." My concern
is that he understand the gospel of grace and , and, and, what it
really mean s to be "saved." The new birth will produce - given
time .............. so that is where I begin ----------- with the
new birth. JD
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I wish you well. Terry
