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Soapbox Preacher wrote:Being soft on sin is like treating a bullet wound with a band-aid.
Soapbox Preacher wrote:What I have in mind with that quote is when I hear of proclaimed Christians voicing their support for same sex marriage, abortion, what have you. What good is being done supporting something that can harm a person's soul? I think of when Jesus said that if your eye offend thee, pluck it out. A might serious condemnation of sin!
I am not saying that one has to offer a harsh rebuke in answer to a sin, but it is better to say something than to be quiet.
One example I just thought of with this idea is a sermon found on sermon audio called "Christian homosexual Lobby!" By Robert Rubino.
Petros wrote:.......I cannot see that supporting abortion, euthanasia, unconventional sexual linkages, or whatever is "being soft on sin".
and as the following verses 2 through 7 and beyond show, this command was given to God's prophet to take to a people who thought that what they were doing was righteous but was actually far from it.In the 58th chapter Isaiah wrote: 1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Well I would certainly say that is one way to be soft on sin.Petros wrote:Is not "soft on sin" saying "what X does is abominable but we should not interfere or say anything" ....
Soapbox Preacher wrote:I also have Joel Osteen and the like in mind. Osteen is apprehensive about addressing sin, and dances around questions by Larry King in a certain interview.
If sin isn't a big deal, then why did Jesus have to die in our stead?
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