Where can a sinful person, no matter what the sin is, find spiritual help but where the Church gathers?
What does the Church do with those who are already tattooed from the top of the head to the sole of the feet before they are saved? The Bible says no no to 'tattoos'. Do we throw them out also? Even though no questions about it, the Lord has saved the already tattooed person and using that person mightily?
How about those who are saved, the Lord is using them, but for the life of them, they are struggling with smoking?
How about those who are saved, the Lord is using them, however, they are struggling with drinking?
How about those who are saved, the Lord is using them, however, gambling has them all tied up.
Should we continue with the list? These are all part of the Church: fornicators, wicked ones, covetous ones, malicious ones. How about those full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers (gossipers), 30 backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful.
And that is what some of you were. However, some are still struggling with some of this.
Salvation is a one time thing, ALL of God and nothing of us. It matters not what the sinner is, did, etc. --- come unto Me all who are tired and heavy ladden and I, JESUS, WILL GIVE YOU REST.
Sanctification on the other hand is what the Church is supposed to teach inside the building. And we are supposed to throw them out? Might as well tell this particular pastor to empty the building and throw away the key, for this is just one example that has come out of the darkness into the light of a saved one in his building.
Imagine if God had thrown out of His Church Abraham (producer of Ishmael), Jacob, Isaac, Noah, Lot (producer of the Moabites and Ammonites - real nice people hiring Balaam to curse Israel as it journeyed toward the Promised Land), David (well especially that David one, adulterer and murderer, without any hope to be able to bring a sacrifice for his sins, for there were none to bring), Joseph, etc., etc., etc. There would be no Bible. No Church. No Salvation. No Sanctification.
The Church is so lazy that it does not even want to bother with those sinful ones, you know, those who are not like 'us,' 'cause we're all perfect and them ones are all sinful and them ones can stain us perfect ones. Throw them all out, the Church tells you. Throw them all out, repeat the Church. No wonder the buildings are empty of the Church and the Church is wondering in the wilderness.
So sad!
. No problem there. :idunno:
