hell is hotter than...well, hell
hell is hotter than...well, hell
bb-Would I hate my son if he shacked up with his girlfriend out of marriage. Absolutely. I would despise him for harming himself and making a whore out of the woman. And I would tell him that he would have no part in my life until he repented and came back to God.
This would cause me horrible pain, far more pain than it would cost my son.
Why would I do this even though it would break my heart?
Because I love my son and it is what is best for him. This attitude, which my son knows I take from the Bible, is the strongest possible way to keep him from doing such a terrible thing, to himself and others.
You say we demonstrate hate by our harshness, but it is you that shows hate at every occasion. You would allow your son to make a whore out of my daughter and tell him that he is just fine for doing it and you will still love him no matter what. Why, he could do anything, no matter how wicked or vile or horrible, and you will still love him. So why shouldn’t he do it?
Dad will still love me… right? I can’t be all bad.
Paul tells us how to deal with a brother committing sexual immorality:
1Cor. 5:1-7 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles — that a man has his father’s wife! And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your glorying is not good (beanieboy). Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened.
Paul tells us not to keep company with such people or even to eat with them. We are to excommunicate them in the hope they will turn back to the Lord.
However that is for a fellow Christian. You are not a brother so I will still talk to you for a while. God doesn’t put as tough a standard on you because you don’t have the gift of the Holy Spirit to guide you. That’s why you need us.
Oh I know, now you’re going to start with that stuff about how we are Holier than thou, well we are, but it has nothing to do with us. It is a complete gift from God. I don’t deserve it. I was a terrible person. I was an atheist that tried to send people to hell.
I deserve to go to hell.
Nothing, not one thing, or in any way what-so-ever, have I ever done
anything that would make me worthy to spend eternity with God.
God offered me the precious gift of His Son’s blood to cover my sins, and all I did was accept that gift.
And the only reason I am a better person today is because I became a new creation when I accepted that gift. The Holy Spirit came into me and changed me. So now it’s not that I can’t go out and sin. I could. Sometimes I even do. But I don’t want to anymore. And the closer my relationship with God is, the less and less I want to at all. And when I’m really close, I don’t even get tempted at all. That’s what Goose is talking about when he says that he has a heart for God and you don’t.
Last point. As for judging your heart… we judge your heart by your actions and your words. You say that you are looking into Christianity… that’s a good idea, but here’s the kicker. You don’t get to accept it on your terms. It has to be on God’s terms. You need to really look into the Bible and see if it’s what you want. If you don’t, and so far it looks like you don’t, then you are free to choose to live without God. He won’t force you to chose Him, in fact He can’t force you to chose Him. That’s up to you, and that’s real love.
