tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201628496305035793.post5209132708372244542..comments2024-03-17T03:12:26.931-04:00Comments on Reformed Reasons: Confusing the Issue: What Homosexuals Really Want (demand) from the ChurchEd Dingesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007054168398086809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201628496305035793.post-72175486307170011962012-08-20T16:00:42.326-04:002012-08-20T16:00:42.326-04:00I thoroughly appreciate your comments. I rejoice i...I thoroughly appreciate your comments. I rejoice in the fact that God has regenerated your heart just as He has my own and redeemed us both from our own sinful nature and particular proclivities. The Christian community, the real one, has much work to do in standing for the truth of Scripture, lovingly proclaiming the gospel, making disciples, and dealing with those in the community who need ministry as well as those who would subvert the gospel and destroy the church. God bless you in your walk with the Lord. You are an encouragement to those who know you I am sure.Ed Dingesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761345786829868810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201628496305035793.post-56578440096861991982012-08-18T19:13:27.666-04:002012-08-18T19:13:27.666-04:00May I say that I am a Christian and I'm gay. N...May I say that I am a Christian and I'm gay. Now let me clarify: I believe that it is a sin for people of the same sex to have sex, I don't believe in gay marriage, I believe that it is a sin for a man to act like a woman or women to act like men, I believe that the King James Version of the Bible is the only version that holds truth since, on the board of the translators for the NIV there was a practicing lesbian and a Jesuit priest. Other versions leave out parts of scripture. I forsake the life style of the gay community and, with the help and grace of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I shun the lust of the flesh. With God's help I am now disgusted when I think of my sinful past and so very thankful for salvation through the blood of Christ. I read about how many Christians feel about the hate they experience from homosexuals and I am sorry. Now consider the hate that I'm treated with by the gay community, the straight community and by the church community. However, I am not sad, hurt nor do I hate any person. I am glad that God deemed it good that I carry this cross and I pray for the strength to do so with joy, humility, and love. Saying these things I want to be clear in the fact that I seek no glory but only to glorify my God! God's wisdom is higher than man's wisdom. It is imperative that no matter what hateful names we are called, no matter how little things seem to change when we pray or how much the flesh wants to retaliate, we as, Servants of the Most High God must love all people, no matter how hard they make it for us to do, and instead HATE the sin in the person's life. May God's peace rest on those who love the TRUTH. Amen. Bryan Matthewshttp://www.facebook.com/bryanmatthews1973noreply@blogger.com