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I have seen more take an incorrect stance, and accuse the innocent; but someone had to be sacrificed.
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Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber
Which church do you attend?
I quit attending any Church, after 30 years of firsthand experience with various mentalities.
Let's see, it has been about 10 years since then, and although I may visit one once in awhile.
Things really haven't changed. And I do not have a desire to carry that heavy stone.
When I was young and sinful, I wouldn't read the bible and I put it away until I became a better person and then I realized that this hope would never be realized because I never stopped sinning. I just decided that if I really wanted to know the bible that I had to keep studying whether in sin or not but a lot of people will avoid the bible when they are in willful sin.
I am probably not the exception, more like the evil that went in the church to disrupt the spirit LOL, I always seem to draw the evil eye from people at church, specially when I stand outside smoking.
LOL. Okay. Did you get people at church to do that with you?
Sometimes, yeah.
It's not like it is going to rub off on anyone that because I drink sometimes, I will cause somebody to be an alcoholic but anyone knows that association with people who have bad habbits will bring down a person trying to break a bad habit.
1 Corinthians 5:9–13
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? 13 God judges those outside. Purge the evil person from among you.”
What exactly do Christians think Paul means in verse 12 specifically? Not to divorce it from its larger context , but what specifically do Christians see this verse as meaning?
Please notice also Paul's words at Hebrews 13:4 because 'God' will judge fornicators (porneia) and adulterers.
Fornicators ( porneia ) and adulterers are to be expelled as being part of the Christian congregation.
In other words, Christians who decide to practice sexual immorality are Not to associate with the congregation and vice versa.
However, anyone can repent so as Not to perish - 2nd Peter 3:9
Please notice also Paul's words at Hebrews 13:4 because 'God' will judge fornicators (porneia) and adulterers.
Fornicators ( porneia ) and adulterers are to be expelled as being part of the Christian congregation.
In other words, ones who practice sexual immorality are Not to associate with the congregation and vice versa.
However, anyone can repent so as Not to perish - 2nd Peter 3:9
When I walk into a church, all I see is fornicators, adulterers, homosexuals.
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