"I do not believe that ALL people who witness to homosexuals have the traits and characteristics you listed." - Aspen
-- Yet that is the only way you have described people who witness to homosexuals.
I say that not expecting you to agree, but for others to check for themselves and see I am correct.
"Of course we are called to speak with homosexuals. We are not called to convict them of personal sin." - Aspen
-- Of course WE don't convict them of personal sin. The Holy Spirit does....through the words we share via His instruction and direction.
But...
How can you say "of course we are called to speak to homosexuals"..... when you yourself have said that you don't do that.
You said you have four friends who are homosexuals but that - by your own words - you have never talked to them about Jesus or His love for them even once.
So, by your own admission, you are not doing what you yourself say we are called to do.
"You really believe the words are convicting the heart? That is crazy talk! Only the HS convicts the heart." - Aspen
-- LOL Of COURSE only the Holy Spirit convicts the heart.
And he uses Christians to provide His words with which to bring about that conviction.
"Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God"
How is the Holy Spirit going to convict them and draw them to God if they have never heard God's Word?
God's great commission to Christians was because the lost need to hear God's Word so the Holy Spirit can draw them to Christ.
The Holy Spirit instructs Christians as to what should be shared with the lost that triggers the conviction in their heart.
Christianity 101.
"I model Christ's love during every interaction. Can you really imagine me being 'silent'? Com'mon foreigner! You know me better than that - I cannot shut up about God for 5 mins" - Aspen
-- Yet you say you have four gay friends with whom you have never talked about God or your faith. (You said one asked if you were a Christian and you said yes, but by your own admission that was the entire extent of the conversation.)
So the question is a simple one: Did you "misspeak" when you said that, or are "misspeaking" now?
"just because I am not handing out spiritual tracks to all my friends and bringing them to alter call services does not mean that I am "silent"." - Aspen
-- I laughed when I read this because I too have never handed out tracks. And I have never taken any one to a church service who hadn't already given their life to Christ or first hadn't asked me to take them.
So either this response of yours is pure hyperbole or you truly think that is the only way sinners interact with the lost.
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-- Yet that is the only way you have described people who witness to homosexuals.
I say that not expecting you to agree, but for others to check for themselves and see I am correct.
"Of course we are called to speak with homosexuals. We are not called to convict them of personal sin." - Aspen
-- Of course WE don't convict them of personal sin. The Holy Spirit does....through the words we share via His instruction and direction.
But...
How can you say "of course we are called to speak to homosexuals"..... when you yourself have said that you don't do that.
You said you have four friends who are homosexuals but that - by your own words - you have never talked to them about Jesus or His love for them even once.
So, by your own admission, you are not doing what you yourself say we are called to do.
"You really believe the words are convicting the heart? That is crazy talk! Only the HS convicts the heart." - Aspen
-- LOL Of COURSE only the Holy Spirit convicts the heart.
And he uses Christians to provide His words with which to bring about that conviction.
"Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God"
How is the Holy Spirit going to convict them and draw them to God if they have never heard God's Word?
God's great commission to Christians was because the lost need to hear God's Word so the Holy Spirit can draw them to Christ.
The Holy Spirit instructs Christians as to what should be shared with the lost that triggers the conviction in their heart.
Christianity 101.
"I model Christ's love during every interaction. Can you really imagine me being 'silent'? Com'mon foreigner! You know me better than that - I cannot shut up about God for 5 mins" - Aspen
-- Yet you say you have four gay friends with whom you have never talked about God or your faith. (You said one asked if you were a Christian and you said yes, but by your own admission that was the entire extent of the conversation.)
So the question is a simple one: Did you "misspeak" when you said that, or are "misspeaking" now?
"just because I am not handing out spiritual tracks to all my friends and bringing them to alter call services does not mean that I am "silent"." - Aspen
-- I laughed when I read this because I too have never handed out tracks. And I have never taken any one to a church service who hadn't already given their life to Christ or first hadn't asked me to take them.
So either this response of yours is pure hyperbole or you truly think that is the only way sinners interact with the lost.
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