“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all
things, which is the head, even Christ:” Ephesians 4:15
The most important thing to a Believer in Jesus Christ is
truth, there is absolutely no substitution for truth. It is absolutely a must
if you are going to worship God, John 4:24 “God is a Spirit: and they
that worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth.” One might ask, with all the disagreement in different
churches, denominations, or etc. what is truth? Truth is God, Jesus, The Holy
Spirit, and the bible, outside of that truth does not exist, that is biblically
speaking. I am a believer in preaching the truth in love, love makes the
truth easer for the lost unbeliever to handle, or those believers who are
without truth understanding. I believe we can look like mean vicious Christians
or we can be loving, witnessing in love. If a believer shares the truth in hate
or a spiteful way, then the truth is useless. We cannot beat people who
disagree over the head with truth and expect them to learn anything. Once we hurt
a person’s feelings then they tune us out. If we are tuned out, then we have
lost the battle to communicate the truth as Jesus commanded. We are not allowed
to judge the lost or weak believer for their life style, judgment is not our
job description as Christians or churches. If we are commanded to speak the
truth in love, or to preach the truth in love, then that is what we are to
do. Jesus Christ never went around condemning people for their lifestyles,
nor did He ever mock them. He simply preached to them repentance by salvation
in Himself. I believe sometimes good Christian people can be very mean,
especially in condemning others. Here I would like to say that good Christians
seek truth, learns truth, follows truth, and teaches truth, but only in love.
I have learned over the years in dealing with the lost, or out-of-fellowship
Christians that once an argument starts, I have just lost their attention. If I
get hateful with them then there are the same results, I lose them. If we
lose them then our witness is over, we lose the witness. I know a lot of
believers mean well, but we need to use the pattern of Jesus in our witness of
the truth, as with the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, who was also a ruler of the
Jews. In this story in John chapter 3 Jesus never directed any hate toward Nicodemus,
Jesus never even told him he was lost, no, Jesus just told him that if he did
not believe or be born again, he would not see or enter the kingdom of God. “Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 I believe there is a
gross misunderstanding among a lot of Christians on Facebook. It makes the ones
sharing this thought to look hateful, mean, and not in love. First, 1 Corinthians
6:9 does not condemn all gays, homosexuals, (or whatever else you want to call
them) to hell. People are misusing this scripture and it make Christians look intolerant
of sinful people. I really wished that people would study the scriptures before
they act so harshly toward others. I know God’s feelings toward gays, I know
God’s feelings toward lost sinners in general. I was told this week on Facebook
that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of sodomy and that shows Gods unwillingness
to save any of them. But, I remember before the flood that God elected to destroy
every man, woman, and child on the earth except the eight in the ark, why,
because of sin. If you will notice in 1 Corinthians 6:9 homosexuality is not
the only sinners mentioned, God also included “neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers…Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers,
nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.” Why are Christians
singling out gays? Why not include the others that God included here? In fact,
God said in the very opening sentence of verse 9 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the
kingdom of God…” does this mean that all thieves, drunkards, or etc. etc. etc.
will never be saved? How about this scripture, “But the fearful, and
unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all
liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8 Does this mean
that every liar will burn in hell, well no it does not. Folks, sometimes
Christians falls back into sin, they are not lost, condemned, nor hated
of God. Why if a Christian got involved in homosexuality, you say it is impossible,
how do you know? This week has made me sick, this discussion has reached a
pitch of hated and this should not be so for Christians. Folks, I do not
believe that anyone, no one group of people are outside of the saving grace of
our gracious God. I believe this sharing on Facebook needs to stop, I believe
it is unscriptural and unloving. Now in closing, I am not defending the act of homosexuality,
I have been treated very badly from some “so called Christians” I have even unfriended
some and asked them not to speak to me again. No, I am not gay, and
anyone who knows me, knows I am not. I am also not an advocate for them, and
personally detest the act of homosexuality. And it is not them I am defending, I
would also defend a liar, thief, or etc. the same way. Folks, we are not to be
haters of any people, not even of them that hate us. I believe this post being
shared is hate, this is not Christian love, there is none in it, and I would
hope that believers will stop sharing it and find another loving way to witness
to the homosexual world. It is never a good witness to take the scripture out
of context in an attempt to witness, if that is even what that is. I
hope and pray that this has been a study of God’s word, I am always open to
learning and if I am wrong then please show me proof in the scriptures. May God
richly bless us all as we continue to study to show ourselves approved un to
God. “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
Galatians 4:16 “Am I therefore become your
enemy, because I tell you the truth?” I
hope not! 
