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If you've been in the church for a while, I'm
sure you've heard this phrase: Love the sinner,
hate the sin.

We know we're called to love all people, but
we use this phrase to explain how we can love
people, even when we don't agree with how
they're living their lives.
It's understandable that we'd desire a phrase
like this. It's hard to know how to love
someone who is doing things we know are
clearly wrong or harmful to them. We don't
know how to love that person while not
feeding into the belief that what they're doing
is okay.
Our love for people and our conviction about
what they're doing are two heavy things to
carry, and we often find ourselves falling to
one side of grace or truth.
And while this is a valid and understandable
struggle, I don't know if this phrase is really
the key to solving this tension.

Here are three reasons I'm not sure this
phrase is helping us become more like Christ:
1. It introduces hate into the conversation.
The first thing to note is that Jesus has never been
about hate. Jesus talks about love and grace
and mercy, but never hate. So introducing
hate into the conversation is automatically a
deviation from His teaching.
Also, if you've ever been on the receiving end
of the "love the sinner, hate the sin" mentality,
it's hard to feel the difference between your
sin being the target of the hate and being the
target yourself.

2. Jesus didn't shame people. The woman at
the well and the prostitute in the square are
great examples of how Jesus treated sin and
the people trapped in it.
In the case of the prostitute in the square,
while the Pharisees were up in arms about her
sin, Jesus paid little attention to it. He didn't
condemn her, or shame her, or make a point of
loving her but not her actions. He just loved
her. And then He gently guided her toward a
different kind of life.

3. Changing someone's sin isn't our
responsibility.
"Love the sinner, hate the sin"
implies that other people's sin is our
responsibility to fix—as if we're going to
change the sin by treating it a certain way—
and that's just not true. When we make
ourselves the "sin police" we get into murky
territory, straying far to the side of truth and
losing much of our grace.
We aren't responsible for fixing, or removing,
or condemning someone's sin. We're
responsible for love. God takes care of the
rest.
Tags:Italo, FrancisTony, chukwudi44,salC..
Does this pertains to what one of you guys said on a thread about homosexuality, that you love the sinner but hate the sin!
http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-life/relationships/21309-debunking-the-love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin-myth

striktlymi:
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I go with Aji's thoughts. This year can be a merger of 2013/2014.

Anyways, I am fine with whatever you guys agree on.

Alright,, so can you open the floor?

AlfaSeltzer:
In other words, let's elect 2013 winner?

Not really.. They can be part of the winners this year..

HumbledbYGrace:
From what she/he was reffering to, I think its the speculations.

Alright.. Thanks.

striktlymi:


You guys are trying to revamp the section?

We need some prophets to do that..

Rilwayne001:
LOL!

Who have your time before

Okay!

You are really spicing the section up.. Thumbs up!!

Kk

honourhim:
Will sanity ever return to Seun with the way he has been going? I hope that Mindy44 doesnt run away because he was part of the problem here. I wonder how Seun's head reason. You allow one Mod to push you into an action that will cause you to lose a good number of your customers? Too bad. And when the place starts going down the same Mod will resign and join the customers to desert your site leaving you at the mercy of the clumsy traffic.

He has been trying to spice the section up.. He is creating thread all over the section!

An0nimus:
Vickyo do you have that Joseph Prince's book you quoted?

Miss Ajibam I see you.

hello everyone.

Hello bro.. Nice to see you

AlfaSeltzer:
there was none last year. Killed by the muslim, mukina2.

That's true.. striktlymi effort was wasted!!

Religion section award night 2011
https://www.nairaland.com/816588/joagbaje-voted-religion-section-poster

Religion section award night 2012
https://www.nairaland.com/1121654/goshen360-voted-religion-section-poster

Religion section award night 2013
https://www.nairaland.com/1476542/religion-section-awards-night

This year section award night, how feasible?
We know the plague of dryness that's has befell the section, but can we still dig somethings up?
Any suggestions?

I learnt he resigned as a mod and a supermod, maybe he was threatened
He has not even came online since Oct 29...

Lol
Is this your way of spicing up the section? ..
Damn it, someone needs tutorial!
Tags: rationalmind, MusKeeto, Kay, paulgrundy, Italo, sukkot, striktlymi, Goshen360,davidlyan

HumbledbYGrace:
Hhhhhh, guys how's you? does anyone who has "well" known me for a while think m a drama queen

explain then

Sister!

the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another! abstract thought
http://i.word.com/idictionary/theory

Timmytimmy:
I thought she said she doesn't need theories

Do you know the meaning of theories?

maryini:
Hey guys,

Has anyone dealt with the spirit of masturbation and overcome before? I need firsthand experiences i can learn from not theories.

Thanks.

I never mastur_bated, but I was close to it before God saved me..This is how I went about it!

First, go to God.. In my own case, I fasted then pray fervently for deliverance from the bondage..
Secondly I do my own part by stopping anything that can raise my libido like pornography, romance and even to the extent of stopping all ungodly relationship I was into..
If am alone and I want to start thinking dirty, I will carry my pc and play gospel songs.. Doing all this with the help of God delivered me.. Am a living witness that disciples people on it.. So if you go through the above steps, with your determination to drop it, you will be saved.
Shalom

sonOfLucifer:
Ajibam, how are you? Mr. President where are you? Sukkot, we need you on our side. You are too enlightened to be deceived by Yahweh.

Do I know you?

PrettyGaby:
don't need a pastor to teach you the truth. Go do your research

Okay!