amigo de christo
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In large that is how i witnessed to gays . But many , and i do mean many , gays claim to KNOW JESUSThe trouble is that the "witnessing" is in the form of criticising their gay lifestyle instead of presenting Jesus as Saviour to them. Saying, "You must give up your gay lifestyle before you can become a Christian" is presenting a false gospel of works. "Witness" zealots tend to forget that "we are saved by grace through faith. It is the gift of God, not of works lest any should boast." And that Paul said, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ because it is the power of God that leads to salvation to those who believe it."
My view is to get a gay person converted to Christ, and then leave it to the Holy Spirit to do the rest. At the judgment, God is not going to ask, Did you give up being gay?" He is going to ask, "Did you receive my Son Jesus Christ as Saviour?'
Claim their pastor supports their lifestyle . I rebuke that lie . As we must .
JESUS does not support the gay lifestyle . And they must be told and shown this via scripture .
Often they will say GOD is love . And the LORD showed me how to show them their error through this .
Because often they do say WELL GOD IS LOVE , HE made me like this and HE is love .
When they do this , i say You are correct GOD IS LOVE . SO let us learn what LOVE truly is and what it truly entails .
SO i open the book to corithians chapter
thirteen . AND i show them what love means according to the bible .
That if dont even matter if i gave my body to be burned and yet had not love , charity , then it would profit me nothing .
SO it is dire important that if we have faith , we better have t rue charity or our faith means nothing .
SO then i show them what love is not , it does not rejoice in inquity , it does not behave itself unseemingly .
SO any love which does that , IS NOT LOVE at all .
THEN i take them to romans one and read this , And likewise even the men gave up the natural use of the woman
and they burned in lust one towards another doing that which is UNSEEMINGLY .
NOTICE is corinthians chapter thirteen , ITCLEARLY states , charity DOES NOT BEHAVE ITSELF UNSEEMINGLY .
SO then i tell them , You are correct , GOD IS LOVE , but if we have NOT HIS LOVE
it wont matter if we did all the good works , fed the poor , IT PROFITS US NOTHING .
TRY telling them this .