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Originally Posted by aCultureWarrior
Provided he [Bowied] asked for God's forgiveness (repented).
Nope.
His sins were paid for at the cross no matter what.
Salvation is by faith alone, and has nothing to do with sins.
You just contradicted yourself. You're implying that Christ paid for everyone's sins (even if they don't repent) and then you said that a person has to have faith.
Which is it?
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(Let's see heir outdo that number of verses).
All sins were paid for at the cross.
To bring up someone's sins again, would be double jeopardy.
It only would be double jeopardy if the person was a Christian. It's quite obvious that Bowie wasn't.
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Provided he asked for God's forgiveness (repented).
Again, all sins were paid for at the cross. No one has to ask for forgiveness, they were paid in full.
Salvation is by faith and faith alone.
You just contradicted yourself again.
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1). I've never been proud of my sinful behavior and purposely lead others into sin, something that David Bowie did while he was alive.
As a sinner, you are no better, and no different than David Bowie.
In fact, you may even be a bigger sinner than David Bowie.
I'm not the one justifying sinful behavior here, you are.
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2). If you want to identify with a cross dressing bisexual (the "B" in the LGBTQ acronym), be my guest. I'm better than that.
No you are not.
You are no different than David Bowie when it comes to sin.
You can keep believing that the law abiding citizen is no better than the child molester/indoctrinator in the Eyes of God, but that's on you, not me.
Matthew 18:6
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3). I've accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. David Bowie didn't.
Good for you (I mean that sincerely). I have no idea if David Bowie believed in Christ Jesus. However, what I do know is that David Bowie's sins have nothing to do with whether he did or not.
Repentance (turning away from the old and accepting the new) is one of the key tenets of Christianity.
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I see proud and unrepentant sinners like David Bowie everyday here in Sodomy and Gonorrhea North (Seattle WA).
You are a sinner, and are no better than they are.
I believe you've mentioned that already.
Take a tip from the Apostle Paul. Consider yourself the biggest sinner there is, and you won't come across as such a self-righteous, legalistic, Bible thumper.
I consider myself a much bigger sinner than David Bowie. I commit whopper sins everyday. Thank goodness, by grace, I have been saved by faith in Christ Jesus.
Would that be the same Apostle Paul who said:
When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin. But I wasn’t talking about unbelievers...
1 I can hardly believe the report about the sexual immorality going on among you—something that even pagans don’t do. I am told that a man in your church is living in sin with his stepmother. 2 You are so proud of yourselves, but you should be mourning in sorrow and shame. And you should remove this man from your fellowship.
3 Even though I am not with you in person, I am with you in the Spirit. And as though I were there, I have already passed judgment on this man 4 in the name of the Lord Jesus. You must call a meeting of the church. I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power of our Lord Jesus. Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed and he himself will be saved on the day the Lord returns.
6 Your boasting about this is terrible. Don’t you realize that this sin is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough? 7 Get rid of the old “yeast” by removing this wicked person from among you. Then you will be like a fresh batch of dough made without yeast, which is what you really are. Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed for us. 8 So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread of wickedness and evil, but with the new breadof sincerity and truth.
9 When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people who indulge in sexual sin. 10 But I wasn’t talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual sin, or are greedy, or cheat people, or worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid people like that. 11
I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people.
12 It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning. 13 God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, “You must remove the evil person from among you.”
1 CORINTHIANS 5
Or how about this one?
12“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”b 17But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.c
18Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price.
Therefore honor God with your bodies.
1 Corinthians 6
God takes sexual immorality seriously, so serious that He destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and ordered adulterers and homosexuals to be executed.*
*Under Jewish law. Jesus rescinded the penalty phase but still acknowledges the seriousness of sexual sins.
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