New Re: to Ownership
Submitted by LostBoy on September 16 1999 at 02:44:47
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My dear brothers, I leave this message to you in love. If we are to have a real relationship with God Almighty, our Heavenly Father, then we must first be fully honest and open with Him and ourselves. I like the questions that were posed by didaskalos because I believe that it shows that he is searching for answers, and also the answer to the question all of us have had at one time--"Why?" We must first remember that man, all mankind, is a sinner, born into sin, and being born into sin, we are born also into death--which is a curse. If then being that death is a curse brought into the world by sin, and that the wages of sin is death, then part of boylove is a curse. We have been cursed not because we love boys, but because of the sin nature in us, through which in our sin we sometimes lust after boys. Love is not a sin, for it is written that God is love, and if God is love, then how can love be a sin, being that God has no sin in Him. And if God, being perfect in everyway, commanded us through His Son Jesus Christ, to love our neighbor as ourselves, and by love to share the good news of salvation and the forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ-which is our resonable service-, then how can love be a sin. Loving a boy is not a sin, but lusting after him is. If you truly love a boy, then share Jesus with that boy, which is your reasonable service. As far as sexual things, I believe that those who believe in Him, already know in their hearts what the good and perfect will of God is concerning their relationships with boys, for as it is written, the Word of God lives in the hearts of those who are called by His name. And knowing that good and perfect will of God, they struggle within themselves because of the sin nature in them that constantly tempts them to give into their sinful desires saying, "it just feels so right, it cant be wrong." This is when we as children of God must remember that our walk on this earth is not a walk of feelings, but it is a walk of faith. I tell you truly brothers, that the lust in all of our hearts is a sin, and being a sin, the wages of it is death, and if death is a curse, then the lust in us is a part of that curse, for it is written, "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." The good news is that we have salvation and forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ the living Son of God. And through Jesus Christ, we have the strength, power, and authority to rise above every sinful thing, every sinful desire to keep a pure heart and live a pure life before God, not because we have to, but because it pleases Him who first loved us. It doesnt matter what you have done in the past (the past being all the past even the past of 5 min ago)--it doesnt matter what you have done in the past--the past is forgiven by the blood of Jesus Christ. What matters, is what you do now--------------- and how you life your life now for Christ. |