I'm not asking you to condemn, but to identify.
To the woman caught in adultery, Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again" (John 8:11).
Jesus here identifies adultery as "sin." He says it in the same sentence as "Neither do I condemn you."
Why are you not willing to be like Jesus, to be forgiving AND say that a particular act is a sin?
The reason I say mercy is meaningless without sin is that sin is why we need mercy. Otherwise, in the context of salvation, mercy is not needed.
Forgiveness needs something to forgive. If there's no sin to forgive, forgiveness doesn't exist -- it would be a meaningless word. The same goes for repentance: it is sin we are all told to repent of.
If you can't say something is a sin, then you can't repent of it. If you can't repent, you can't be forgiven. If you aren't forgiven, we don't receive the gift of eternal life.
I don't know you. You might have homosexual attractions yourself. IF that were the case (I'm not saying it is), to use an illustration, that would be okay. Everyone here without exception has disordered appetites of some kind or another, especially sexual ones.
If you should fall and sin, however, you would need to repent of the sin and confess it. If you sin yet again, you must repent yet again. That's the Christian life we all have to live.
To not be able to say sodomy is a sin is a great disservice to our fellow man. Everyone deserves to hear the truth, so they can act accordingly. Otherwise they may live in ignorance or indifference. It could lead them onto the path that does not lead to eternal life.
TheDarrenator
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