Yeah? And do you think these weirdos are following his teachings? I'm not even a believer but I find it extremely unlikely that Jesus would have much use for someone who would just scream at him until he did what they wanted.
The rainbow flag isn't a symbol of homosexuality, it's a symbol of homosexual activism. Perhaps it is not what the author of the comic intended (I highly doubt it), but this comic depicts a church rejecting a homosexual activist entering a church, being rejected, and "jesus" then leaving the church.
That flag is an ideology. It is definitionally incompatible with Christianity. Nobody displaying that flag is interested in following Jesus. They are already worshipping another idol.
A person who endeavors to accept and live out Jesus's teachings. In essence, someone who strives for peace, love, forgiveness, morality, and truly believing Jesus to be the savior of humanity.
Proverbs 17:15 says: He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Stop justifying the wicked, which is the issue at hand. For some odd reason you think Jesus would just accept a sinful lifestyle because you want Him to be a hippy who just wants peace maaannnn.
34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it
Do you think that means you get to continue living the gay lifestyle? Or that sexual immorality is just accepted?
But he didn't actually bring a sword, right? It's allegorical, and I would argue it represents pure conflict, not mentioning severity.
He also never says to attack your family; you aren't the one being set against them.
I think the whole Pandemic really exemplifies this: most people who opposed the government in forcing medical mandates on us had one or more family members "set against" them. Those family were not committed to the idea that every human being is loved by God, but that humans were animals to be used and abused as needed by some other higher power they worship.
In normal times, we have no idea. But it's revealed when our faith is tested, either negatively, as in the Pandemic, or positively, as when the literal Son of God came to Earth to teach us.
How I read this is that Jesus is telling us to stick by him in the face of war with your family (which is neither easy nor pleasant). With luck, they'll come around but if not, the evil will wage war on you just to pull you off the path. Don't let them, even if it means your life.
My brother in Christ. The entire point of what He is saying here is that in order to be a Christian you will have to reject, and be rejected by, the world. Not AcCePtInG of their sinful lifestyles.
One does not have to accept a sinful lifestyle to accept a sinner. If that were the case, Jesus would accept literally nobody. The point, per Jesus, is to deliver them from sin. How can you teach and save sinners if you only ever accept pure holy ones?
The new testament indeed condemns homosexuality, but the sin is what is condemned, not the sinner. Someone who chooses to maintain a life of sin, as defined in the bible, is not trying to follow jesus and is therefore not represented in OP. A sinner who seeks biblical salvation would be a homosexual who seeks redemption through Jesus, which is what the OP depicts.
Again, the OP is wrong because Jesus would not abandon or condemn his followers for rejecting a sinner. Rather, he would embrace the sinner specifically to lead them away from sin, and teach his followers to forgive and embrace the sinner to also lead him away from sin.
John 8, right? That line is prefixed with
and immediately followed by
Jesus accepted anyone who was willing to follow him and his teachings. He never condemned the sinner, but the sin itself.
Yeah? And do you think these weirdos are following his teachings? I'm not even a believer but I find it extremely unlikely that Jesus would have much use for someone who would just scream at him until he did what they wanted.
The comic above completely ignores the context of why the rainbow sheep is being asked to leave (and not even stoned).
If they're gay, but recognize that sodomy is a sin and are seeking help, Jesus is there for them.
If they're in the church to prosthelatize for sin, Jesus would cast them out like moneylenders.
The OP depicts a gay person who wants to follow jesus, not the screaming faggots we're so familiar with. Such people do exist.
The rainbow flag isn't a symbol of homosexuality, it's a symbol of homosexual activism. Perhaps it is not what the author of the comic intended (I highly doubt it), but this comic depicts a church rejecting a homosexual activist entering a church, being rejected, and "jesus" then leaving the church.
100% disagree.
That flag is an ideology. It is definitionally incompatible with Christianity. Nobody displaying that flag is interested in following Jesus. They are already worshipping another idol.
What do you think "follows" means?
A person who endeavors to accept and live out Jesus's teachings. In essence, someone who strives for peace, love, forgiveness, morality, and truly believing Jesus to be the savior of humanity.
Oh you poor fool.
Proverbs 17:15 says: He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Stop justifying the wicked, which is the issue at hand. For some odd reason you think Jesus would just accept a sinful lifestyle because you want Him to be a hippy who just wants peace maaannnn.
Do you think that means you get to continue living the gay lifestyle? Or that sexual immorality is just accepted?
But he didn't actually bring a sword, right? It's allegorical, and I would argue it represents pure conflict, not mentioning severity.
He also never says to attack your family; you aren't the one being set against them.
I think the whole Pandemic really exemplifies this: most people who opposed the government in forcing medical mandates on us had one or more family members "set against" them. Those family were not committed to the idea that every human being is loved by God, but that humans were animals to be used and abused as needed by some other higher power they worship.
In normal times, we have no idea. But it's revealed when our faith is tested, either negatively, as in the Pandemic, or positively, as when the literal Son of God came to Earth to teach us.
How I read this is that Jesus is telling us to stick by him in the face of war with your family (which is neither easy nor pleasant). With luck, they'll come around but if not, the evil will wage war on you just to pull you off the path. Don't let them, even if it means your life.
My brother in Christ. The entire point of what He is saying here is that in order to be a Christian you will have to reject, and be rejected by, the world. Not AcCePtInG of their sinful lifestyles.
One does not have to accept a sinful lifestyle to accept a sinner. If that were the case, Jesus would accept literally nobody. The point, per Jesus, is to deliver them from sin. How can you teach and save sinners if you only ever accept pure holy ones?
The new testament indeed condemns homosexuality, but the sin is what is condemned, not the sinner. Someone who chooses to maintain a life of sin, as defined in the bible, is not trying to follow jesus and is therefore not represented in OP. A sinner who seeks biblical salvation would be a homosexual who seeks redemption through Jesus, which is what the OP depicts.
Again, the OP is wrong because Jesus would not abandon or condemn his followers for rejecting a sinner. Rather, he would embrace the sinner specifically to lead them away from sin, and teach his followers to forgive and embrace the sinner to also lead him away from sin.
>cherrypicking bible quotes
Cherrypicking bible quotes is all christian debate ever boils down to.