amigo de christo
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Let us always point to Christ and speak the truth in love . Either they will hear or they will seperate from you .That was a man who was naming the name of Christ. We deal differently with those who are believers and continue in sin with no desire to resist it, than we do with those who don't know Christ.
Don't read into that. I'm not saying to condone sin. But a man or woman who doesn't know Christ is living in sin (and we've all been there) ...whether homosexual or not. We can't convict their hearts of sin. That's the work of God. God draws hearts and convicts them of their sins.
I know that if I live my life unto Christ, and my light comes from Him ...He will give me words that aren't hate-filled, self righteous, and condemning. They need words that speak of hope in Christ. I guarantee, they already know they have sin.
Love IS the answer. Bring them to Jesus! Once they fall in love with Him, their hearts will turn and want to please Him because the natural response to His awesome love is to love Him back! And love fulfills the law. Love compels us to keep His commandments.
Do you see what I'm saying? We got it backwards when we go around condemning folks to hell. We aren't Holy Spirit. If we just listen, He will show us how to walk toward them, and what to say, and when ....we can't save anyone. Let your light shine before men so much so that it points to Christ and glorifies your Father in heaven ...and let God do what He does.
This one thing i do know is this , IF we speak as they do and behave as they do and talk all the dribble of the world
while we are around anyone , aka being unequally yoked we wont win souls , we ourselves will fall away .
What i mean is anytime we are around anyone , We must not yack as they do and let us not be focused on
worldly conversations . Aka lets not be talking football , lets not be talking clubs and bars , to try and appear as they do .
Rather talk JESUS , talk truth . speak as let the seeds fall . Either one will accept it or in time will harden to you .
The reason i say this is due to i see a pope francis led and rick warren etc mindset all over todays evangelizing .
It basically says , Just do lots of good , no need to preach or speak of JESUS , talk about what you have in common in the WORLD .
And that is a death sentence. You can rest assured when paul entered into jewish synagogues or gentiles
HE was not talking about what they had in common and trying to find common ground . HE was pointing to Christ
WE must too . SO long as we know this we are in a real good place and apt to be used of the LORD .