God hates sinners and loves dooers of good. GOd is most merciful and would accept sincere repantance of those that were once sinning whatever the sin may be.
However to say "God loves sinners" is rhetorical non-sense of the chruch not scriptural at all, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomor and made an example of that brutally. Fact.
It's so funny listening to you saying what you're saying MOS, when you have gay priets and gay preachers now publicly endorsed and 'gay marriage' in the church. You are the ones perverting God's message and God's law and that's why you have all this misguidance. God does not love sinners. God does not love sin. God loves mankind that is obedient and good.
It doesn't even make sense a gay priest who likes to f guys, but then 'preaches the word of God' riight. Sodom and Gomorah my friend, Sodom and gomorah...
Bottom line is these sinners also have been brainwashed to believe they can keep doing what they're doing because they are already 'saved' for worshiping Jesus a man.
God destroyed a whole tribe of people for being Homos and fufuilling their lust with men! now how can anyone a Muslim, Christian or Jew be ok with seeing guys holding hands and kissing on the streets?
This is one of the primary differences between Islam and Christianity; although, no offense, but you do tend to blend Catholicism and Christianity from time to time
....they are not one and the same.
Gay priests and gay marriage in the church is an example of an extremist position and does not represent the whole of Christianity or Christ...this represents a small, extremist example of corrupted believe in a sect of the church illustrated in your post for the sake of impact. This extremist position neither represents Christ nor the vast majority of Christianity. Your reference more accurately represents aspects of the Catholic church; regardless, I've heard of "Christian churches" supporting gay marriage. Again, this extremely small sect has no bearing on nor does it represent the whole of Christianity or Christ....it's just a fun fact to post in moments like this. I could easily post all the negativity about Islam or Christianity, but that's not who I am. I leave others to that pursuit if they so desire.
Yes, there are examples of God punishing people in the bible....wiping them off the face of the earth. We can look at the examples of the Amalekites or the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah or the flood narrative. What’s unique about these circumstances? The whole of the populace in all cases was completely corrupted by sin and depravity…all kinds of sin. Sodom and Gomorrah was so steeped in sin (homosexuality being one of the sins) and had been for so long that God knew they were not going to change...he knew the contents of their hearts……they were completely entrenched in sin and fully unrepentant. In his mercy, God told Abraham if he could find even 10 righteous folks within the cities that he would spare the whole….just 10. Although, 10 could not be found. Still, within God’s mercy he wiped out these cities and prevented future generations from succumbing to the same, inevitable, unrepentant sinful ways of prior generations....it's brutal, but also compelling and merciful. Leaves a solid example of God's power, mercy and judgment and ultimately lets us consider how seriously God considers our sin and the penalty for that sin if we ignore him and remain unrepentant. Still, there are many other examples of God’s grace and mercy throughout scripture. Instances of second, third, fourth chances given to folks caught in sin; still those that refuse to change their minds about sin will die in their sin eternally separated from our God, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
As I mentioned above salvation through Christ is NOT a license to sin. God does love the sinner, that's the point of Calvary….he died for all of us! Unfortunately not all will come to Christ. Yes, scripture says God hates the wicked, but that hatred is due to unrepentant hearts that choose sin over God…it’s our sin that mars us and makes us wicked. We are all wicked (lost) because of our sin, but the shed blood of Christ serves as atonement for all that believe and repent. That’s why the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in believers is so important because the Holy Spirit gives us fresh eyes and convicts us when we begin to step out of line….even though we’re made new in Christ, we will sin. A believer engages in a lifelong walk with Christ in an attempt to be Christ like in our actions guided by the Holy Spirit whom we are indwelt. Despite all of that, I already know that idea is absolutely hilarious and nonsensical to you, but I'm concerned with others now.
Leviticus 17:11
11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.
Matthew 26:28
28 for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.
Ephesians 2:1-10
2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.We are absolutely meant to do good works in Christ, but our good works without Christ will not serve as atonement for our sins.
