this dualism that we have established between ourselves and our actions is a falsehood that we must begin to extinguish from our thinking. is it not our actions that define us, not simply our beliefs? therefore, i believe it his high time we stopped working within this framework of love for sinner, but hatred for their sin.
the two are one and the same.
how does this inform the way we view God's great love for creation by becoming one of the created order? what it says to me is that there is a full embrace that blows the doors off any religious system or thought that has ever existed.
God, in Christ, dies for the sake of a fallen order. not despite it, but for it. the crazy thing is that God desires for us to do the very same thing.
that is unfathomable! isn't it? can God really expect us to love sex offenders, murderers, rapists, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, soccer coaches and angry boston drivers as they are, not as we wish them to be?
-dave-
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So, I see it has been a few months since you posted this. Do you still feel the same? Are you loving all those listed in the last paragraph? I am not judging, I am asking what are your thoughts?
I ask because I think that all of those sins can be changed (with the Holy Spirit changing their hearts) and thus, they are still sinners, but you love them.I am sinner, you are a sinner, what makes us different from those who do the "bigger" sins? I'm not sure if I am making sense, but pray for those sex offenders, murderers, rapists, etc...and God can change their hearts.
Don't give up praying for them, but realize with the Holy Spirit, it you could be the angry boston driver :)
NWH
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