Below you'll find a link to a post by Tim Stevens called 'Letter to a Gay Guy.' I encourage to read his letter and then answer the questions below.
'Letter to a Gay Guy' link
What do you think about his response? Does this reflect Jesus' heart? Is this the heart of Oso Creek? Isn't this how we should express our mission to anyone - regardless of their issues - who is far from God? Why or why not?
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Letter to a Gay Guy
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I loved his response...not lacking commitment to the love of Jesus, but embracing the heart of this man. How really is he any different than me? Lost, confused at times, searching the mysteries of God. I choose Jesus becaues He does not leave me empty. It's a humbling thought to love others and embrace their journey of discovery. Their journey is not below mine and I am not ahead of them. May all who are far from God know that change and perfection are not requirements before touching the cross.
I thought it was a good letter but I'm wondering what the response of others who do not love Jesus would be. There is a bulletin board where I am an active member that is not at all shy about sharing their opinions. Would you like to know what they think? There are many gays/pagans/wiccans/atheists/agnostics and a few evangelicals who post on it. Let me know and I'll post it there and then send you the link to the discussion.
Great insight Julie!
I'll let God lead you Danielle as to whether it would be beneficial for your friends, and for the Kingdom, for you to enter into that discussion.
As I understand it, God sees all sins equally, i.e., one is not worse than the other. That can be a difficult concept for us humans to really grasp sometimes, because in our human understanding, murder certainly seems worse than lying, coveting or other "minor" sins. Jesus died to forgive ALL of our sins. Denying our love to one type of sinner just because that particular sin seems more offensive or "wrong" to us in our human understanding, would not be in line with the heart of Jesus. We need to ask God to open our hearts for His perfect love to flow through our imperfect hearts and out to ALL people - regardless of the type of sin they commit. After all, we are all sinners...of one type or another.
Have a blessed day.
Colleen
Right on Colleen! And one of the issues in 'loving our neighbors as our self' is being honest with ourselves in what our 'sin biases' are. We all have them. Yours or mine may not be homosexuals or liars, but it may be against the religious people who hate the homosexuals. That's just as bad.
And it does no good to act like our 'sin biases' aren't there or to run from them.
As they are surfaced in our lives we must ask God to forgive us and give us new eyes and a new heart for those we see as 'worse sinners.' We're all in the same condition, and it's only Jesus who rescues us.
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