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Sexual Immorality

"Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral not idolaters not adulterers not male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thrives nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." - 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Dear World,
Homosexuality is wrong. I encourage you to stop celebrating it along with other sins that we glorify in society today.

Dear Christian Brothers & Sisters,
I'm encouraged by the passion that has been awoken in many of us by the recent Supreme Court ruling. However, we must remember to study these verses fully as they include many more sins.

The reason the world won't listen to our arguments for Godly biblical marriage is because we post these arguments in our big houses from fancy phones (greed), while bashing people for their beliefs (slanderer) not correcting out of love but out of self-righteousness, while many of still feel it is socially acceptable to be drunkards and hookup with members of the opposite sex in pre-marital relationships (sexually immoral), not to mention how money, power, fame, and celebrities have become idols to us.

My rule on working out is that I don't tend to take advice from people less fit than myself. I don't listen to fat nutritionists, slow runners, or weak lifters. When we're living in lives so marred in sin, why should the world listen to us then? Just because we don't commit that one sin?

If you're still reading and not fuming mad at me by now then let me tell you why. Why is my sin "not bad" as your sin? Because "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation. For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." - Romans 9:9-10,13

So no world, I'm not better than you. I'm a sinner. We are in the same boat going thru the same storms. I've just chosen to wear a life jacket made by Jesus Christ. Won't you do the same?

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