Dean Moore wrote:
The Wesleyan church I was preaching at
had sodomites in the congregation that had been there for years and had
become a part of the church-helping with the young and such. When I
preached against sodomy and the God loves everybody ( I also preached
on the love of God is available to all for a time esp. to the church)
belief it was I who was viewed as in the wrong- not the Sodomites. True
we are to help them understand Jesus till the spirits say enough.
I find nowhere in the bible where we are to invite/bring them into the
church-We are to speak truth to them and even cloth/feed the
perverse-but there is a line Jesus made that cannot be breached because
it is a sword between us and them. Do you consider this as casting
stoned?
Dean Moore wrote:
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Not at all ,brother Dean. The Church is made
of people, not wood and nails. Only a born again Christian can be a
member of the Church. Since no sodomite can be a Christian, no
sodomite can be part of the Church. Our job is to offer them the
Gospel; give them the opportunity to become ex-sodomites and members of
the family. You do that on the street, on the job. in the prisons.
Then, when they have made a decision to repent and follow Jesus, they
can be part of the Church. Those that do not repent should be expelled
from any congregation that claims the name of Christ. The same thing
can be said of dishonest business men, gossips, and on and on.
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