Comments by "Historia, Magistra Vitae" (@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.) on "Can LGBTQ+ and Christians See Eye To Eye? | Middle Ground" video.
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+Francesca Taphophilia: It seems you do not quite understand what it means to be a christian. Christians do not live in sin. A christian has the Holy Spirit living within them. When a Christian sins, there is a conviction from God's Spirit. This conviction should lead to repentance rather than repeating sins without remorse. Like I said earlier; when we become Christians, our lives will change. We are not the same person we used to be prior salvation.
When it comes to "judging"; We are permitted to exercise discernment with people we are in a covenant relationships with. So, for example, Paul tells the Corinthians to expel an unrepentant man from the church, but tells them, “What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Judge [or practice discernment with] those inside the church” (I Cor 5: 9-13).
The author of Hebrews warns us, “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God” (Heb 3:12). Notice that this word is addressed to brothers. It’s those of us who call ourselves Christians who need to closely examine our hearts. But this kind of examination is not merely a call to private, personal introspection. It’s a group project: “But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin” (Heb 3:13).
When you see a brother or sister persisting in a pattern of unbelief, a pattern that calls into question the genuineness of his profession of faith, you should speak up. It is your word of exhortation that the Holy Spirit may use to soften your sister’s heart, lead her into an attitude of repentance, and spare her from God’s wrath.
Jesus taught us to correct one another because he understood the danger of unrepentant sin. In Matthew 18:15-18 he carefully lays out a process of correcting a brother whose sinned against another brother. Jesus doesn’t reveal the nature of the sin. However, he makes it quite clear that if the sinner doesn’t repent of that sin, he shouldn’t be treated as a brother or sister in Christ. But how will this sinner come to realize his fault? He needs a word of correction. Jesus tells us to confront the sinner individually (v. 15). If the sinner’s heart remains hard, a few others should offer the corrective word (v. 16). And if that doesn’t work, Jesus indicates that the entire church must get involved (v. 18).
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+Love Puddin: Again, the words "not a sinner" is not the same thing as "cannot sin". The former refers to a status, while the latter refers to an action. When people start following Christ, they are not called sinners anymore. That doesn't mean that christians somehow cannot sin anymore. And I know where my comment is and what I wrote. But since you like to troll more than admit that you are wrong, I can paste my comment here, just for you:
"According to the bible, christians do not live in sin; becoming a christian results in a changed life (2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11). When we become christians, our lives will change. Anyone who is living a sinful lifestyle and claims to be a christian is either lying, is self-deceived, or really is a believer who is going to experience God’s judgment and discipline (Hebrews 12:5-11). Because we habitually thought and lived as our old selves before receiving our new identity, God’s proclamation of who we truly are in Christ must overcome our old self-identity that we continue to experience."
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