Hello MM;
Yes. The false teaching fans will shrug their shoulders at the Truth and even disciplined Christians will get tired of hearing this. But the Love of Jesus knew this and kept reminding us over and over.
One day we cannot say to the Father, "but nobody told me." Even the most seasoned of Christians still need this reminder of God's Truth.
Thank you, brother. Blessings to you and your family.
Whether homosexuals go to heaven is really not the question. We could ask the same question about Prostitutes or theives or liars.
We either accept the Word of God or we accept the likes of Oprah and Mr. Osteen.
1 Corth 6:9-10 answers the question...........
"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God."(ESV).
Mr. Osteen's answer was worded in a way that he did not offend any of the homosexuals that attend his church and support it with their offerings.
So the real answer is NO! People who live in unrepentant sin have no place in God’s kingdom. Those who practice sexual sin, including homosexuality, are on that list. Paul, anticipating objections, says, “Do not be deceived” about this (verse 10).
What has bothered me for years is Mr. Osteens lack of Bible answers to Bible questions. Makes me think he does not know!
Do you wonder what Franklin Graham would have said if Oprah had asked him the same question???????
But then Paul goes on in verse #11..........
“And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God”.
Did you see the abrupt turnaround with the word
but. The church Paul was addressing had members who in the past had practiced those very sins—
BUT when they trusted Jesus, everything changed. Their loyalty changed. Their nature changed. Their actions changed. No one is exempt from God’s righteous judgment on sin.
And no one is exempt from His offer of forgiveness and transformation. When we surrender our lives to Christ, we must let go of all that defined us in our sinful state. Jesus said in Luke 9:23.......
“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me”.
We must die to our old sinful lifestyle. We must die to our right to be our own boss. And we must die to those desires in us that violate God’s righteous decrees.
ALL people go to either heaven or hell on the same basis that drunkards, liars, haters, and self-righteous church people go to either heaven or hell. Our final destination depends not on what we’ve done but on how we responded to Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf. Unrepentant sinners will die in their sin and be judged accordin
gly. Repentant sinners are forgiven in Christ. When we receive Him as Lord, He becomes our final authority.
Can anyone out there say...........AMEN???