First of all, it's not an excuse. Second, I am justified in arguing genetics because it is a rebuttal to other arguments that hetersexuality is the genetic norm.
Let me also make a bold statement that may cause most in this room to roll their eyes in complete in total disbelief.
I have given the majority of my life to prayer over this issue and have not come to these conclusions lightly or of my own ability. I have laid in bed, countless nights, sobbing and begging God to help me understand all of this.
I know in my heart that I love God yet I could never accept His love because I could not reconcile that fact that I was one of the idolaters of Romans 1. It was after asking God to show me His will and to truly help me understand why I was gay that I began to see things from the perspective I am sharing with you in this forum. No man will ever be able to take away the divine understanding that I have received from God. I am only here to share it and to do so with as much clarity and conviction as I can and in hopes of helping someone who may be dealing with the same confusion, lonliness, bitterness that I once faced on a daily basis.
he is here to share his understanding.
You know, I don't doubt that you got it from God.
Isa 66:4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose [that] in which I delighted not.
And...
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
So you see, I don't doubt that you got it from God.
I think at this point I will do you all a favor and simply bow out. ****edited out****
Brad,
We already know what Jesus said and it didn't include condoning homosexuality. Honestly, poking fun at the name of a thread doesn't mean one has failed to offer compassion and support. Anyone of these would and do feel compassion for the lost. No one here wants to see anyone in burning in hell for eternity, but Jesus said that there would be.
You want affirmation? Then keep seeking it in the secular world. You want compassion? Then keep seeking Jesus. And I know deep down inside of you, you still know that. Remember LIFE is given to those who overcome.
Isa 66:4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose [that] in which I delighted not.
And...
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
So you see, I don't doubt that you got it from God.
Good post, CS. I agree.
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I've gone and done it now! I'm on Facebook!!!
We already know what Jesus said and it didn't include condoning homosexuality. Honestly, poking fun at the name of a thread doesn't mean one has failed to offer compassion and support. Anyone of these would and do feel compassion for the lost. No one here wants to see anyone in burning in hell for eternity, but Jesus said that there would be.
You want affirmation? Then keep seeking it in the secular world. You want compassion? Then keep seeking Jesus. And I know deep down inside of you, you still know that. Remember LIFE is given to those who overcome.
Good points....I was hoping for a different ending, but who knows, maybe this experience will lead to his blinded eyes being opened. I sorta think at this point and time, he was just looking for a reason to bow out.
If he had an agenda then it was time for him to leave. I pray that Jesus will never stop reaching for his lost soul.
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Isaiah 53:5: "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."(KJV)
"God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves." Dwight L. Moody
I know how you feel. It is very sad to know that he had been raised in the truth and has bought into a lie.
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Isaiah 53:5: "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."(KJV)
"God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves." Dwight L. Moody
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Brad,
I will be praying for you.
chosen
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Isaiah 53:5: "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."(KJV)
"God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves." Dwight L. Moody
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