But what do you expect from a bunch of illiterates who think you only need to read one book in like?!?

Besides, the hate campaign against gays is damaging your religion:

Poll: Intolerance Drives Up Christians’ Negatives among Young People

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There are many ways people claim to have obtained saving faith. Some declare their faith came as a result of a better felt than told feeling. Some even claim to have received a special revelation directly from God or an angel. Salvation comes through faith in Christ, however, faith in Christ comes only through the inspired word of God. The inspired apostle declared, “faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.” (Rom. 10: 17)
Just before His ascension, Jesus committed His gospel of salvation to men that it might be proclaimed. (Mk. 16:15-16). From that time never has an individual been converted unto God unless it was through hearing and obeying the gospel of Christ proclaimed by men.

This can be seen over and over in the examples of New Testament conversions. In Acts 8:27-ff God sent an angel to tell Philip, a preacher of the gospel, to go to an Ethiopian man that he might hear the gospel. Note that God did not send the message of salvation directly to the Ethiopian, but instructed the preacher to go proclaim the message to him. When the Ethiopian heard the gospel he obeyed by being baptized.

In Acts 10:1-ff we have the example of Cornelius’ conversion. This time God sends an angel to the man who is in need of the gospel rather than the preacher. Notice, however, the angel did not proclaim the gospel message to Cornelius, but tells him to send for Peter. Peter then comes and proclaims words by which he could be saved (Acts 11:14).

We are reminded of the question, “How then shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent?” (Rom.10:14-15). The answer is, “They cannot”– the reason being, “faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.” (Rom. 10:17).

In fact if the Lord Himself met a man on the road, He would not directly tell that individual what to do to be saved. To some this may seem far fetched at first. However, we have a clear cut case of this very thing recorded in Acts 22:6-10.

Saul of Tarsus, the man who would later refer to himself as “the chief of sinners,” (1Tim. 1:15) is on his way to Damascus to arrest Christians and bring them to Jerusalem that they might be imprisoned or punished. Saul has a bright light that flashes from heaven around him as Jesus speaks to him. Saul then ask Jesus, “What shall I do Lord?” (Acts 22:7-10).

What you have here is Jesus Christ Himself in direct contact with a sinner. If ever there was a time after the great commission when the Lord could have stepped in and told a sinner what to do to be saved, this was it. But Jesus simply told him to “Arise and go on into Damascus; and there you will be told all that has been appointed for you to do.” In Acts 22:12-16 we learn that God sent a man, Ananias, declaring, “And now why do you delay? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.” If any are converted today it will be the result of them hearing, believing and obeying the gospel of Christ proclaimed by faithful men (Rom. 10:13-17; Heb 1:1-2).

Some may ask, “But what about the man on the desert island who lives and dies never knowing anything about Christ or His gospel?” Paul explains, that those who do not have a written revelation will be held accountable for what they are able to know and understand concerning God (Rom. 1:18-20).

God will judge each according to the what they have access to know and understand about Him. Those of us who have access to His gospel of His Son Jesus will be judged by it (Jn. 12:48; 2 Thess. 1;7-9). We have the responsibility to read, study, and obey this message that has been proclaimed and written by inspired men. Saving faith comes by no other means.
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We are reminded of the question, “How then shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent?” (Rom.10:14-15). The answer is, “They cannot”– the reason being, “faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.” (Rom. 10:17).

JON, STUDY YOUR BIBLE..

Abomination: Eating Ham

Deuteronomy 14:8: “The pig also because it is a splitter of the hoof but there is no cud. It is unclean for you. None of their flesh must you eat and carcass you must not touch.”

The Bible says that if you have eaten ham, you are just as bad a sinner, just as hellbound, as any homo.

Abomination: Eating Any Seafood Other Than Fish — and Birds You Probably Wouldn’t Eat Anyway

Leviticus 11:10-19: “But anything in the seas or the rivers that has not fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the waters and of the living creatures that are in the waters, is an abomination to you. They shall remain an abomination to you; of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall have in abomination. Everything in the waters that has not fins and scales is an abomination to you.”

The Bible says that eating lobster, shrimp, clams, eel, squid or octopus is equally as heinous as being gay. If you have eaten any of these things, you are going to hell alongside us homos.

“And these you shall have in abomination among the birds, they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey, the kite, the falcon according to its kind, every raven according to its kind, the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk according to its kind, the owl, the cormorant, the ibis, the water hen, the pelican, the carrion vulture, the stork, the heron according to its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.”

Good news: Parrots are okay to eat and, if you enjoy bat meat, there appears to be a loophole. Bats are mammals not birds.

Abomination: Eating Leftovers

Leviticus 19:7: “If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination.”

The Bible says that eating three-day-old leftovers and being gay are equivalent sins.

Abomination: Eating Snakes and Crawly Critters

Leviticus 11:42: “Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, all the swarming things that swarm upon the earth, you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.”

Abomination: Eating Sacrificed Animals

Leviticus 7:18: If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him; it shall be an abomination, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

No worries for you here, I hope.

Abomination: Having a Psychic Reading or Checking Your Horoscope

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 “When you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, any one who practices divination, a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD; and because of these abominable practices the LORD your God is driving them out before you.”

Abomination: Burning Incense

Isaiah 1:13: Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath and the calling of assemblies–I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.

Buh-bye for now, Catholics. See you in the eternal pit of fire.

Abomination: Cheating at Business

Deuteronomy 25:13-16: “You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. A full and just weight you shall have, a full and just measure you shall have; that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the LORD your God.”

Proverbs 11:1 A false balance [scale] is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

Abomination: Women Wearing Pants, Men Dressing in Drag

Deuteronomy 22:5: “A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.”

Yes, ladies, if you wear jeans, it is an abomination equal to the sin of being a drag queen.

Abominations: Haughtiness, Lying, Killing the Innocent, Wicked Scheming, Seeking out Evil, Lying and Troublemaking

Proverbs 6:16-19: There are six things which the LORD hates, seven which are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.

Can’t help but think that George W. Bush is in a heap of trouble on this one.

Abomination: Arrogance

Proverbs 16:5: Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the LORD; be assured, he will not go unpunished.

Summary

See you in hell.

Next you will say that Christ issued a “new covenant” that excused Christians from these sins. I will challenge you to provide scripture that shows he exempted all these sins except having gay sex.

We have learned that most people who are obsessed by their hatred of gay people are in fact tortured by their own repressed sexuality. This makes sense because people who are comfortable with their sexual identity are never obsessed with other types of sexuality.

You should take a moment and reflect on your true motives and exactly what it is that drives the hatred you feel toward gays.

You may think you took the time to write the above warning in order to save us from ourselves but really gay people are a very small part of society. If you were really concerned about sinners and the ruination they bring down on America, you should go after adulterers. After all, adultery was not excused in the new covenant, and it is one of the prohibitions in the 10 Commandments, whereas there is no Commandment-level prohibition against being gay.

More importantly, it is adultery that breaks up marriages and families, not gay sex.

If you are truly not a hypocrite about the morals of others, you will advocate that adulterers lose the right to remarry and that they and their unmarried opposite-sex partners be given the same abusive treatment gay couples are given in most states: they may not visit them in hospitals, may not receive their employee benefits, may not inherit from them, etc.

If you choose to remain hypocritical then God may may forgive us but will he not forgive you:

Matthew 23:27-28: Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Rampant homosexuality is an indication of serious degradation in a society. The sin of homosexuality in Sodom and Gomorrah reached the point where God said “their sin is very grievous” and “is waxen great” (Gen. 18: 20, 19: 13). They were so depraved and steeped in homosexuality that any male stranger was in danger (Gen. 19: 5, “may know them” means to know sexually). Jude wrote that “Sodom and Gomorrah…giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire” (Jude 7). The stench of their wickedness was so great that God destroyed these people with brimstone and fire out of heaven (Gen. 19: 24, notice Jude’s statement regarding “eternal fire,” Jude 7). In describing the degenerate state of the Gentile world of Paul’s day, he described the sin of homosexuality. “Men with men working that which is unseemly,” Paul stated (Rom. 1: 27). “…Even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature,” Paul further explained (vs. 26). Paul referred to such homosexual relationships as “vile affections” (vs. 26).

Practicing homosexuals will not go to heaven. I listened in amazement a while back as a panel of ministers from several different denominations were questioned regarding homosexuality. Every preacher on the television panel said homosexuality is not even mentioned in the Bible. When pressed, they replied “Jesus did not mention homosexuality” (see I Cor. 14: 37, arraying Jesus against Leviticus 18: 22, etc., is the height of blasphemy). “Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God,” Paul wrote, “do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals…shall inherit the kingdom of God” (I Cor. 6: 9, 10, NASV).

Beloved, the argument that homosexuals cannot help themselves because they were born the way they are is not correct. God would not hold homosexuals responsible if they had a genetic aberration that they could not help. The good news is that homosexuals, just as all sinners, can be saved if they will repent (involving desisting their sinful life style) of their sins and accept God’s provision of grace (I Cor. 6: 9-11).STUDY YOUR BIBLE

God will forgive YOU!