Why are we so harsh on the homosexual community for living in sin and going against the Bible; yet we say nothing about those who are divorced or any other matter which society has deemed okay but goes against The Word of God?. Matthew 5:31-32 says "It has been said, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.' But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery." Does that mean anyone who has remarried is living in constant sin? Why have we become so lax on this command and so harsh upon others? How can we pick and choose? What is really right?
It's so hard when societal values turn into second nature to us, which makes it hard to step away and say something is right or wrong when it goes against most people in our culture.
This is merely a perception I made as I was reading today.
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i relate with what you're saying. i've thought that same thing. I think it's easy for society to influence us into putting value on certain moral issues, when the fact of the matter is, any sin seperates us from God. Someone may wake up every day with an arrogant attitude, or struggle with money issues, but for the homosexual or the divorced, they are recognized by society as the wandering soul.
I never really understood the grudge some Christians seem to have against homosexuals. Sinful behavior, sure, but how is that different from anyone else?
I may, in your opinion, have no place to leave a comment here. But I think it's important for us as Christians to be understanding and loving rather than acting as if any one of us is sin free. Sin is sin, and we are all LIVING in it. Just because we may not be divorced or gay does not mean we should separate ourselves from those who are. If we split ourselves apart based on the sins we've commited we are creating a faith based around dividing God's love among those that "we" decide have committed the "least bad sin," rather than unifying humanity in his love.
Society in general doesn't think homosexuality is wrong. Most people realize that it's an actual PHYSICAL difference in a person's brain and not something he or she can control. It's as if God MADE them that way, and yet you believe that He disagrees with the way they are. It's completely unfair.
Even if homosexuality were something in the brain that a person "can't control," that wouldn't make it right. Many pedophiles find their behavior uncontrollable and uncurable, yet we all realize that it is destructive for them and for society in general.
Brittni is right; we have become conditioned to accept divorce even though not so long ago all Christians would have at least frowned on it. Perhaps now the homosexuals are "THEM", whereas the divorced and remarried are "US". So we go easy on our own sins, but are hard on others.
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