3fan4life, I agree with almost all that you say, with possibly the exception of the following:
God hates all sin and it is all the same in his eyes. With God there are no big sins or little sins, they are all the same.
While God hates sin he does not hate the sinner.
If you are a Christian it is your job to witness to people about the love of Christ and nothing more.
It is not our job to clean people up.
If someone begins living their life for God the Holy Spirit will accomplish that.
"God hates all sin and it is all the same in his eyes. With God there are no big sins or little sins, they are all the same."All sin is NOT equal in God's eyes. The most grievous sin is when we are perfectly clear about what God has commanded, then we do the opposite, working against His purposes. The next most grievous is when we are perfectly clear about what God has commanded of us, then do not do it. The least grievous is when we are unaware of his explicit command, and do not follow it. They are all the same in that they all lead to our condemnation, as God is holy and cannot permit even the slightest sin in His presence, and in that all are forgivable by Him if we repent and believe, but we are all judged according to our works; the unsaved are judged and punished according to their sinful works, and the saved are rewarded according to their righteous works, their sin having been atoned for and taken off of their account at the Cross.
Luke 12:42-48 (ESV), 42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. 47 And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. 48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
Matthew 16:27 (ESV), "For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done."
2 Corinthians 5:10 (ESV), "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil."
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 (ESV), "11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire."
"While God hates sin he does not hate the sinner."This statement simply is not supported by scripture. He hates unrepentant, unbelieving sinners. He loves His elect, those who love Him.
Proverbs 8:17 (ESV), "I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me."
Acts 10:34-35 (ESV), So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
Psalm 5:5 (NASB), "The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou dost hate all who do iniquity,"
Psalm 11:5(NASB), "The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and the one who loves violence His soul hates."
Lev. 20:23(NASB), "Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I shall drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them."
Prov. 6:16-19(NASB), 16 There are six things which the Lord hates, yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked plans, feet that run rapidly to evil, 19 A false witness who utters lies, and one who spreads strife among brothers.
Hosea 9:15(NASB), "All their evil is at Gilgal; indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of My house! I will love them no more; All their princes are rebels."
"If you are a Christian it is your job to witness to people about the love of Christ and nothing more."If we did that, no one would be convinced of their need to repent, believe, and be saved. They would all assume that because God is Love, He couldn't possibly condemn them, whose good outweighs their bad. There is no requirement for discipleship and no fear of wrath. We need to preach the "whole counsel of God." (Acts 20:27)
"It is not our job to clean people up. If someone begins living their life for God the Holy Spirit will accomplish that."It IS our job to encourage and admonish our fellow believers. The Holy Spirit uses the body of Christ as one of His means of accomplishing the sanctification of believers.
Psalm 141:5 (ESV), "Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds."
1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NASB), "We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone."
Luke 17:3 (NASB), ""Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him."
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What I find troubling about the GLBTQ effort, that is significantly different from the efforts of many others that openly practise what the Bible calls "sin" but that secular society has no sanction against, is that the GLBTQ community has sought to change the ideas of what constitutes right and wrong to the degree that people who take their values from the Bible are being vilified as "hateful". It won't be long before churches will be accused, under the law, of spreading hate simply for preaching scriptural truth about sin.
