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Grinandbearit -> Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/4/2008 6:52:29 PM)

I have a niece who is living with an older woman. My niece was married before and has two children. Her husband was very abusive and they divorced. Come to find out, my nephew (her brother) sexually abused her while she was younger. I feel this, along with the abusive husband has influenced her on this gay lifestyle.

My husband has two gay nephews. We love all three of these people very much, and I know my niece accepted Jesus before this lifestyle choice of hers. I'm not sure about my husband's nephews, but I know they go to church!

If the Lord were to return tomorrow, would these three people that I love dearly be lost?

Thanks, and much love,
Linde



Yalonda2004 -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/4/2008 7:10:10 PM)

we are not to judge what GOD says on there judgement day. But i was taught that it is wrong. Like they use to say back in the day, GOD made adam and eve not adam and steve



URForgiven -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/4/2008 8:42:39 PM)

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Grinandbearit -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/4/2008 8:50:26 PM)

Thanks guys, I was really hoping for scripture references or something. Maybe others will post?



LCannon -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/4/2008 11:47:50 PM)

Romans 6:12-"Therefore, don’t remain trapped in your vanities 13 and present your body as instruments of unrighteousness but present yourselves alive as sacrifice of obedience to God. 14 For sin is no tutor to you for the law has been fulfilled and come under His Grace. 15 However, with the freedom of liberty in Christ Jesus comes responsibility to use His grace garnered for His obedience 16 [for] don’t you recognize you present yourselves useable for obedience so you can be slaves of one who you obey, either remain in slavery to self or obedience resulting in righteousness? 17 But being born slaves to self, you have become obedient from the heart to Christ which you were committed 18 thus having been freed in your slavery and become slaves of righteousness."

Performance isn't the issue appropriation of His sacrifice and the inheritance of obedience, humility and Victory is.



SovereignIsHe -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/4/2008 11:56:41 PM)

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.


John



MrFribbles -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/5/2008 12:06:42 AM)

John,
To clarify, do you believe that if someone, say, steals a pen from work, they'll go to hell?



FolkSingerBlues -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/5/2008 1:35:41 AM)

I think simplicity will be the light of truth here.
The acts of homosexuality...It is an unrighteous act, a SIN.
When I find myself protecting the outcome of a situation with even the SLIGHTEST lie....it is a sin.
I recognize my sin and I repent.
According to what my Bible says...the UNREPENTANT sinner cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

I am one of a minority that believes there ARE those who struggle with homosexual tendencies and recognize that those tendencies are sin when acted upon. (Much like me and many of my heterosexual brothers who occasionally find themselves in the web of porn.) The sinful nature is indeed a struggle. Can't the same power of God that keeps my sin in perspective of God's will also have the same power in the life of a homosexual?


Not to digress...All of us have our "secret sins", some of us have learned that the Spirit will help us resist them, and when we fail to follow the Spirit grace is still there for us. There are some others still who will lie and say that we don't have "secret sin".



SovereignIsHe -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/5/2008 1:49:32 AM)

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ORIGINAL: MrFribbles

John,
To clarify, do you believe that if someone, say, steals a pen from work, they'll go to hell?


Some people who have never stole a thing will be in hell...

John



Grinandbearit -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/5/2008 8:34:47 PM)

That's why this is so confusing to me.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Sometimes I drink too much and sometimes I covet, will I go to hell?



deborlie -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/5/2008 10:14:50 PM)

Jesus will be the Ultimate Judge, thank all that is good!

But here is a verse to ponder: Once a believer in truth, always saved:
Rom 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than
conquerors through Him who loved us.
38. For I am persuaded that neither death
nor life,
nor angels,
nor principalities,
nor powers,
nor things present
nor things to come,
39. nor height,
nor depth,
nor any other created thing,
shall be able to separate us from the
love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The question would be, Were they really saved in the first place?

We have all sinned and come short.......
We still sin, even tho we believe with all of our hearts.
Paul says the flesh is weak..............

Rom 8:1 THERE IS THERFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION
TO THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS,
who do not walk according to the flesh,
but according to the Spirit.
There will be no word against the believer!
We are forgiven through Christ Jesus.
By believing in Christ;,
by believing the Gospel.
By faith

They are still living, still breathing.........there is still a chance.

Peace,
BJ



ta_mosquito -> RE: Can a Homosexual enter God's Kingdom? (8/5/2008 11:19:38 PM)

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