Knowing God? or understanding how God sees particular behavior? The crime is the same now as then, the cure is the only change.
Same thing to me. If you KNOW God you know how He feels about sin. Obviously the NC is a NEW way of dealing with sin.
The sin is disgusting and vile and should not be skirted around under the guise of love. Open Rebuke is better than secret love...If you love them than you will rebuke them openly...where did you get this milk toast, mamby pamby form of love anyway?
You're talking about two different issues here. Why equivocate?
Where exactly are you admonished or instructed to openly rebuke an unbeliever? I'm rather taken aback at your insistence on condemning others., and trying to justify it. Seems your motto fits your personality well. Treating others as stupid FIRST just indicates what YOU will reap.
What did Christ tell the sinner? Did he just have this loving discussion or did he tell them to go and sin no more? Jesus loathed the pharisee for a much different reason, and it wasn't because they were not standing for righteousness but, their hypocrisy of righteousness.
What sinner? hat is recorded mostly is his instructions to GO and sin nor more. You ASSUME it was condemning and harsh, and you know what they say about ASSuming?
Ad Homs? I was calling your acceptance of evil apostate, Jenners sin should be called out publicly...even to his face for what it is...that is love. To allow this man to enter hell because of your fear of offense is the real crime. Yes, he, Jenner, needs to know Christ and His love but, to placate him as not offend, that is a dereliction of your duty sir. The use of apostate wasn't an ad hom it was presenting fact of the failure of the Christian church today accepting sin under the guise of love, and that you are obviously not equipped to handle.
Yeh do you know what it means?
I never accepted Jenner's sin...but that's the typical response I get from judgemental people like you, EQUIVOCATION. YOU can't tell the difference between loving people and not loving their sin, because you lump the sin and the sinner in together. Good thing God didn't do that when He sent His Son to the WORLD He so LOVED.
Hatred no, vehement yes...I am disgusted with so-called Christians accepting pop culture's vile lifestyles while proclaiming love...it isn't love to escort sinners to the gates of hell because you are afraid to offend them by calling out their vile acts for what they are. Personally I could really care less if you consider me a Christian or not...I don't answer to you...Just sayin.
LOL...you want us to believe that public vilification of a person is LOVE?
Read 1 Cor 13, there is NO vilification in love.
If YOU want to blast someone for their sin them have the guts to admit it's YOU, and don't use God as an excuse.