tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post7801853247405531505..comments2023-10-21T04:32:31.262-05:00Comments on Following Judah's Lion: Believing Must Also Mean FollowingRick Fruehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-67394543918204880252012-05-23T04:43:43.286-05:002012-05-23T04:43:43.286-05:00While it is true that believers should allow the S...While it is true that believers should allow the Spirit to purify and sanctify them, living in sin does not necessarily mean you are not saved. Hebrews tells us that if we are children of God then God will chasten us when we need it. Also, Corinthians tell us about some believers taken to heaven early because of sin. The man living with his father’s wife turned out to be saved, even while he was living in sin. Are all divorced and remarried believers unsaved? And if you and I sin every day, then we all practice sin. Are all patriotic believers unsaved since they are living in idolatry?<br /><br />Thank God for grace.Rick Fruehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-55597600870070538882012-05-23T00:46:55.562-05:002012-05-23T00:46:55.562-05:00The LORD demands that we be holy for He is Holy. I...The LORD demands that we be holy for He is Holy. I disagree that one can be saved and call himself saved yet continue living in known sin. He who is blind to sin is still lost and still needs to have an encounter with The LORD JESUS CHRIST, otherwise all who profess Christ including false teachersare assured of eternal life. The Word of God teaches us specifically what is sin including homosexuality in addition to liars, adulterers, etc 1 Cor 6v9-10 so let us not give each other false assurances of salvation and not allow sanctification to take place in our lives just because we supposedly "embrace CHRIST". All living in any kind of sin MUST REPENT and that includes you and me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-36388626349702445412012-05-22T06:26:52.956-05:002012-05-22T06:26:52.956-05:00I am the sister of a lovely believing woman who st...I am the sister of a lovely believing woman who struggles with feelings of attraction toward other women. Before her conversion and baptism, I think she had practiced behaviors that are wrong. Now, because she loves the Lord, she refrains from acting upon her attractions and even is careful to avoid people and situations that may be strong temptations. That's all I counsel her to do. Her "feelings" and weaknesses of the flesh are not sin; only acting on them are. I see it just like for any heterosexual person: sex outside of marriage is wrong. Flee youthful lusts. It's not up to her to change her tendency to be attracted to women; it's her responsibility to keep herself chaste through grace as a temple of the Holy Spirit. Chaste just as any of us are to keep ourselves as vessels of honor.<br />I think it's important that my sister can be honest about her feelings and temptations with me, and so seek counsel from me because I do not condemn her feelings. Whatever our feelings, our lot is to live consecrated to the Lord and possess our own vessels without sexual sin of any kind. Being "gay" isn't sin; engaging in sexual behavior outside of marriage is.<br />I am glad to hear from the believing mother of a homosexual child. I'm sure you cannot share your burden with too many other church people. Your faith is inspiring to me; I will pray for you and your daughter. Love her and evangelize her and keep upholding Truth.<br /><br />The issue of what our civil society and culture decide to do about homosexuality is a separate issue from what individual people decide to do with Christ and His call to holiness. It may not be good for society to allow gay "marriage", but that isn't the church's commission to worry about that.<br />VictoriaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-37332271601920702912012-05-20T09:07:12.494-05:002012-05-20T09:07:12.494-05:00our relationship with Our Father is the first and ...our relationship with Our Father is the first and foremost in our children's lives - it is our faith in HIS word and HIS promises to the parent - my children are not gay but not walking with Yahushua - i know that someday they will KNOW HIM because of Our Father's promises to me - i can quote many such - this was always a fear of mine that i would be asked to trust HIM through a homosexual chlld and it did not happen but there are other ways to NOT be walking with the most important thing in my life, my Savior. my faith has to kick in awfully hard - i just keep focused on what HE has for me to do - on HIM - not on the children - as abraham and sarah had to do regarding the promise of a son. it becomes easier as we trust HIM more and more and dwell on HIM. HE will do everything HE can do to get them on the right track if we are faithful to HIM - it begins with us. i am so sorry for those that have this walk - it must be very difficult - i don't bend to say it is right to be homosexual but it is RIGHT to trust Our Father's faithfulness to us. HE will take care of the "ram caught in the bushes" - it is our job to trust HIM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-73038873919978942602012-05-20T03:23:55.201-05:002012-05-20T03:23:55.201-05:00Thank you for your thoughtful comments. We should ...Thank you for your thoughtful comments. We should remember that salvation does not require a pre-faith forsaking of any particular sin, and all of us still sin after we are saved. All of us. And our sins are of tow varieties. Some we know are sin and some we do not.<br /><br />So I do not make the gay thing a pre-salvation issue. And after salvation, we can speak words of direction from a Biblical standpoint, but we also must allow the Holy Spirit to do His work.<br /><br />yes, there are "gay" churches whose main purpose is to justify their sexual orientation. But there are gay people who have believed on Christ and who continue to be blind to that particular sin. If no one can be blind to any sin they commit and be saved, then no one is saved.<br /><br />For every verse about homosexual behavior there are twenty about money and greed. And millions upon millions of western believers sin against God with their money but no one questions their salvation. Preachers from MacArthur to Stanley to David Jeremiah and many, many others are wealthy. That is to say nothing of wealthy Christian singers.<br /><br />If they are saved and yet store up treasures for themselves here on earth, then a gay person can embrace Christ and still be blind to his sin. Only God can know the heart.Rick Fruehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-81765703210034439572012-05-19T21:39:02.494-05:002012-05-19T21:39:02.494-05:00Being the parent of a gay child and loving the Lor...Being the parent of a gay child and loving the Lord Jesus Christ has caused me to do some of my heaviest spiritual thinking. How to love my child and show her the love of Christ while at the same time teaching her that God has not changed through the ages and that a life that accepts Christ as Savior is a life that must die every day to selfish wants and desires. I pray on that day I stand before Him that He will say that I did my best to win her for Him by loving her and telling her the truth, but never condemning her. It is not my place to send her to hell. Parenting, they say, is one of the world's hardest jobs. Parenting a gay child and staying true to Jesus and trying to show that child Christ is even harder. I hope I am conveying this accurately. It is hard and there's very few to go to for Godly advice. Thank you for your devotion to God and heart for living as He lived.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449934341845326322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-48345399255797102602012-05-19T21:28:06.899-05:002012-05-19T21:28:06.899-05:00Agree wholeheartedly.
It's so easy for a hete...Agree wholeheartedly.<br /><br />It's so easy for a heterosexual person to stay in tune with the Word. It's not so easy for a homosexual. <br /><br />It's easier to throw stones towards those with strong 'feelings' than be thankful that they themselves do not struggle with these 'strong' feelings. <br /><br />Yet, some of those who throw stones pre-meditatively choose to leave their spouses, or choose to enter careers that will tempt them to stray and become addicted to success and money. We never hear about that by the stone-throwers. We don't hear much about how some pro-life women would never consider an abortion, yet would leave their infant with strangers to pursue their careers. The church never chastises women for the pursuit of youth(cosmetic surgery), money, choosing career over family. Or, we never hear any complaints about women being ordained as ministers of a church. The epistles made it clear. When the order of the home is upside down and is ruled by the woman(man being housedad, mother higher breadwinner), who are ruled by the children, who are ruled by the pets, where is the husband's role as the priest of the home? The Head of the church is Christ, and the man is the head of the home, or the woman. It's the order that God commands, in the epistles. But for some reason, this gets swept under the rug. Or, we never hear any stone-throwers call out their christian peers for spending outrageous amounts of cash on their pets.<br /><br />We don't hear any stone-throwers mention polygamy. There are sects in the US that still practice. How come polygamy isn't worthy of God's wrath, or maybe bestiality? If there was more honesty, we'd find that there are commands in the New Testament that we all disobey. <br /><br />Prov. 6:16 - These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, a false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-79485630248087170232012-05-19T11:06:14.672-05:002012-05-19T11:06:14.672-05:00Yes, and we must manifest ALL of it, not just the ...Yes, and we must manifest ALL of it, not just the comfortable moral niches. It cannot just be a telescope, but it must always be a mirror.Rick Fruehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-16203651562603313592012-05-19T10:44:52.258-05:002012-05-19T10:44:52.258-05:00You must love the Word of God more than your son.You must love the Word of God more than your son.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com