Jesus Christ is My Lord and Saviour. I am an ex-gay if you want to know anything else feel free to ask.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I may not condone or support your lifestyle.
But I do love you as a person.
My job is not to judge. God is the judge.
My job is to show you the love of Christ and bring you closer to Him.
And that’s what I plan to do.
If the Children of God are at war with sin, then why do so many of us seem to have made a deal with it?
The fact that there are so few notes on this shows how uncomfortable this thought is.
This Is Who I Am: Letting Them See Jesus
The other day one of our regular customers came into the store. It was a Sunday and the church was meeting in the dinning area for worship service. I had stepped out of the service to get something and saw the customer at the counter speaking with my son, so I went over to greet him. He…
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God is constantly trying to plant new seeds of victory on the inside of you. He’s trying to increase you. He’s trying to enlarge your vision. He wants to take you to new levels of victory. But before you see a harvest, the seed has to take root. You have to conceive it before you are going to receive it. In other words, before you’re ever going to be successful, you’ve got to see yourself successful. Before you’re ever going to have your dreams come to pass, you’ve got to look out through your eyes of faith and see them coming to pass. That’s how you allow the seed to take root.
Today, I encourage you to examine your thought life. What are you allowing to take root? Are God’s seeds of victory and life growing in your heart and mind, or are you nurturing seeds of defeat and despair? The good news is that you can change your thoughts right now, this very moment. Begin to dwell on God’s promises and His goodness. Let His good seeds take root in your mind and heart. It won’t be long before you’ll see that harvest of blessing come forth in every area of your life!
Forgiven: You're worth more
Don’t sell yourself short. Your worth more than casual partners flipped through like a rolodex of pictures linked with scars instead of numbers. More than the constant names you are calling yourself disgusting, vile, damned, and forgotten. Don’t you know your price was paid and that your worth is…
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here is my HEART: Come In Weakness
When He was walking the planet, Jesus was consistently at odds with one group of people: religious people who thought they had all the answers. With a few notable exceptions, they refused to believe that He knew better then they did. They were educated and religious after…
Asks!!!!!!!!!
Alright its that time again i have several questions in my asks that i havent had time to get to. Hopefully these next couple of days i will be able to respond to you all. Please know that I’m not ignoring any of you.
This is an enormous chain and I’m sorry, but I need to say this:
The laws in the Old Testament were set forth by god as the rules the Hebrews needed to follow in order to be righteous, to atone for the sin of Adam and Eve and to be able to get into Heaven. That is also why they were required to make sacrifices, because it was part of the appeasement for Original Sin.
According to Christian theology, when Jesus came from Heaven, it was for the express purpose of sacrificing himself on the cross so that our sins may be forgiven. His sacrifice was supposed to be the ultimate act that would free us from the former laws and regulations and allow us to enter Heaven by acting in his image. That is why he said “it is finished” when he died on the cross. That is why Christians don’t have to circumcise their sons (god’s covenant with Jacob), that is why they don’t have to perform animal sacrifice, or grow out their forelocks, or follow any of the other laws of Leviticus.
When you quote Leviticus as god’s law and say they are rules we must follow because they are what god or Jesus wants us to do, what you are really saying, as a Christian, is that Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was invalid. He died in vain because you believe we are still beholden to the old laws. That is what you, a self-professed good Christian, are saying to your god and his son, that their plan for your salvation wasn’t good enough for you.
So maybe actually read the thing before you start quoting it, because the implications of your actions go a lot deeper than you think.
/An atheist who understands Christian theology better than Bible-thumpers do.
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i mean yeah that would work except homosexuality being a sin is mentioned in the New Testament, not just Leviticus.
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (NIV, 1st Corinthians 6:9-11)Just to add to what Victoria said, even if the new testament said nothing about homosexuality specifically(it does) it would still be a sin. Also, when Jesus warned against adultery and lust in the heart(Matt 5:27-30), that includes the sin of homosexuality because He was using the the common Jewish understand of sexual sin.
Also, in the OT there are moral, civil, and ceremonial laws. There isn’t just one kind of law. The civil and ceremonial laws are no longer binding because the types were fulfilled in Christ or they were only in the context of the ancient theocracy of Israel.(Meaning the purpose of these laws was fulfilled and that’s why they’re no longer binding) As for the moral law, Christ died to free us from the condemnation of transgressing the law but the moral law is still binding. Christ fulfilled it, he didn’t come to do away with it. This is affirmed numerous times in the New Testament in various ways.
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” - Matt. 5:17
So the moral law is still binding. Everything that was morally a sin in the OT is still morally a sin now. The difference is that those who trust in Christ are freed from the condemnation of the law. They receive forgiveness of transgressions on the basis of Christ’s sacrifice… nevertheless the moral law is still the standard for godly living. So the moral law is still binding it’s just that our relationship to it has changed. Thus, homosexuality and any other deviation from God’s moral law is still forbidden.
I hate to break it to the athiest who posted above but… you don’t understand Christian theology as well as you think you do. In fact, you misunderstand it. Have a good day :)
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My nephew
I apologize for not updating everyone on my nephew he was set to receive a liver transplant but after they looked him over they concluded that the liver was too large for him. So he is still doing well aside from an infection located in the port that’s on his chest (to make for easy access by iv). The infection was most likely caused by the staff at Houston’s children’s hospital using non-sterile equipment. Please pray for him; his condition makes difficult for his body to fight infections. Thank you all!
After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted” (John 6:12).
The Bible tells of a time when Jesus fed a crowd of five thousand with only five loaves. That day, everyone had more than enough to eat and there were still twelve baskets full of bread. That’s because we serve a God of abundance! I love that Jesus told the disciples to collect all the leftovers “so that nothing is wasted.” With God, nothing is ever wasted. He’ll never waste an experience; He’ll never waste a hurt; He’ll never waste a dream; He’ll never waste even a single piece of bread.God is still in the miracle-working business. He is still our Creator and He is a Restorer. If you’ve felt like you’ve wasted years of your life in the wrong job, hanging around the wrong people, doing the wrong things, God will gather those years and restore them back to you. He’ll take those experiences that the enemy meant for your harm, and He’ll turn them around for your good. He’ll make you stronger, wiser, and better off than you were before. He can launch you further into your destiny than before. Be encouraged today because with God all things are possible and nothing is ever wasted!
A Prayer for Today
Heavenly Father, I give You every bit of my life, my past, my present, and my future. Thank you for taking every experience in my life and turning it around for my good. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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