tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7809154325142515833.post2757397870012916532..comments2023-08-04T05:38:28.380-07:00Comments on TOM'S JOURNAL.---"The Man in the Door“.: Please help our friend understand a fact/ truth.Heli gunner Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793588674806453096noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7809154325142515833.post-79555189713374326502009-03-20T07:06:00.000-07:002009-03-20T07:06:00.000-07:00Dearest Natalie, I like to think we are friends. ...Dearest Natalie, I like to think we are friends. I read your comment here and feel I must speak. You are right that Jesus loves the sinner! He died while we were yet in sin, once for ALL sin. Honey he KNEW our sin before it happened. He is our LIVING savior. Loving Jesus and living for Him means that we must not be soft on sin. We cannot let "science" turn our minds from the Truth of God. If He knew us from the foundation of the world, don't you know He knows all there is to know? I urge you to read the scriptures that Tom and Carolyn have shown and suggested. Read Colossians. Feel free to contact me by email. If you want to talk by phone, contact me and I will call you. In Christ's love, PennyPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346810848362713840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7809154325142515833.post-81576371551439352122009-03-19T21:58:00.000-07:002009-03-19T21:58:00.000-07:00I love Natalie (you know I do Nat!) She is a sweet...I love Natalie (you know I do Nat!) She is a sweet and loving woman who doesn't want to judge or hurt anyone, but I too, have to disagree. Yes- Jesus is SO loving towards us. He would not have bothered to put Himself through the pain, suffering, mocking and death of the cross if He didn't love the world. <BR/>That said, and I am not picking on or mocking anyone here,but there are so many people who do not seem to trust Jesus as He IS. HE is God. God is HOLY. God can not abide in sin. He is RIGHTEOUS. He is a HOLY RIGHTEOUS God- the creator of science,and all and everything of the universe. He Created Science, therefore He knows all scientific facts which humans will never fully grasp. Jesus is the WORD. He Came in the flesh- the WORD became flesh (see John chapter 1- in fact, John needs to be read and re read by anyone who wants to know who CHrist is. <BR/>It all goes to whether people believe the Bible is the literal WORD of God. Is it God breathed or not? IS the Bible the WORD of God or a nice book with some good ways to live written in it? <BR/>If you Believe in Jesus Christ as Savior- you MUST believe on His WORD. His Word is clear on sin- not just homosexuality, but all sin. He loves us, but tells us to go- SIN NO MORE. I too admire Mary Magdalen. I pray that I have the same heart towards the Lord as she did. She was saved from SIN by Jesus- and she loved Him by sinning no more.<BR/>Christians really have no right to judge non Christians. We are to show the Good News of the Gospel which is to show that Jesus saved us all from sin, and those who don't know Him can have a relationship with Him, and accept Him as our savior. If we call Him savior- that means He saved us from something. What? He saves us from sin! Sin is a politically incorrect and offensive word these days, but like Tom says- it is not us that preaches sin- it is the WORD of God.<BR/>We are, however to judge sinful behavior among other Christians, and that includes Christians who are gay, who commit adultery, lie, slander etc. The WOrd of God is explicit on this- and on homosexuality. <BR/>I don't want to hurt anyone either, but I will not put up with people telling me I can not speak the WORD of God. <BR/>I don't go around condemning homosexuals or anyone else, however I will speak the truth of the WORD of God, the popular and the unpopular.<BR/>I pray for everyone- that tehy will come to know Jesus- the Whole Jesus.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778221847847541523noreply@blogger.com