we are supposed to be witnesses of Chist , healing the sick, causing the blind to see, the deaf to hear, so that those whom we speak to will see Christ in us, In His love
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'" - Matt. 7: 21-23
-- And why will God do this? Because you were too busy doing what God gave you the power to do through the Spirit, that you didn't do what God actually CALLED you to do.
"Loving" a sinner, be it a homosexual or an adulterer, or a thief means you just don't spend time with them being their "Christian buddy" but that you show you love them enough to help them realize they are lost.
When people like Aspen, who has people who has friends who aren't Christian but know he is one, don't share with them in love the fact that their sin is going to cost them their eternity, they are actually doing more harm to that person than good.
They compound that danger by 'assuming' that the person knows they disagree with a lifestyle or sin, while that person is JUST AS LIKELY to assume that since they don't think it is important enough to share with them then it really can't be that big of a deal.
Love is proactive. Love is why parents sometimes have to correct behavior.
Love is why you often must do what is best for the person instead of what that person wants.
Love is why you tell a person they are too important to you to leave them at risk of eternal damnation.
Love is why you kindly and gently tell them that Jesus loves them and that in order for them to be with him for all eternity they have to turn away from sin, just as you have had to do.
We have no right to call anyman a sinner, it is the Job of the Holy Spirit to convict people of their sin,
-- The "we have no right to call any man a sinner" is one of the biggest copouts that those who call themselves Christians use to justify not doing what God calls Christians to do (Mark 16:15).
God already shows what behavior he calls "sin" and that those who participate in it are "sinners."
Telling someone that there is a way to know Jesus and be with him for all eternity is different than pointing your finger at someone and yelling, "Sinner!"
I am sorry you don't understand that.
Are you so ignorant to how the Holy Spirit works not to see that it brings conviction, understanding, and repentence through the proactivity of Christians. The Holy Spirit is the one that moves that hearts of those who are told who Jesus is, that He loves them, wants them to live eternity in paradise, but they must turn away from sin.
To use the excuse that it will be only "the Holy Spirit to convice people of thier sin" and assume that isn't done through interaction with Christians who the Holy Spirit speaks through, flies in the face of spreading the Gospel to all nations.
I was saved because someone let me know that "All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God" but that Jesus died and so all we have to do is turn away from out sin and follow him and we will be saved.
When you do it in your own strength, they have no cause to listen ,and you may be in danger of causing them, to stumble and yoy will be held accountable. Its a dangerous place to be, procliming to be sent from God.
-- False premise.
When you are witnessing you are also asking the Holy Spirit to flow through you, giving you the words and the enlightenment to reach these people. The Holy Spirit DOES that.
Your false statement implies that ANY and EVERY time a Christian shares the Gospel with a non-Christian - as God has called us to do - that it is a mistake because they could "do it wrong."
Something done out of love is never wrong...unless that 'something' is silence which restricts the Holy Spirit and ensures they never learn that they need to change their lives.
"Loving" without doing God's will is the lazy man's doctrine.