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Hi Mark, You asked: "So to be clear. Is the faith that is dead without works the faith of salvation?" We would answer, "no." Dead faith, being without works, cannot save; it is not the "faith of salvation." The faith that lays hold of Christ for salvation is a living faith. This faith, being alive, will issue forth in good works. James is clear in 2:14 that dead faith cannot save. We hope that helps bring clarity. If you have any questions, please reach out to us!

Spoken word #2: Good evening rabbi, Don’t think you understand the mountains that I, Have had to climb To the belief that you’re God You’re either him or you’re not You really are the messiah or just a flat out lie I’m one of the 12, and hate to do this but You know my know name, it rhymes with foolish I’m getting paid to turn it and I’m shoeless Need me a pair of sandals, And the king of the Jews- is you? I don’t know about that, I know you’ll be out in the garden later on around 10 It might smart to bring a couple of your friends around then So they can you pray for you, I mean I don’t believe it, but you’ll need it I guess Teacher, teacher. Notice I ain’t calling him Lord… that was on purpose.. yall shouldn’t either My name is Judas, I’m human, but not a believer 30 silvers coin layer, im a sell out, a cheater And here’s the crazy thing. You’re all like me We betray him everyday, i don’t know how yall sleep 10 commandments, dawg you already you broke 9 this week Just being honest, you and I been acting similarly This room contains a lot sin, lotta adultery You sleep with anyone you want so don’t criticize me I hold my tongue, What’s your excuse to cuss and lie through your teeth ? you have the Holy Spirit?, it don’t look like it to me if I could go back and change it, I would But I don’t have that luxury ‘cuz I’m dead, but you not Some people say he just a prophet, those people were wrong He was exactly who he says is, he’s God

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It is also unnatural to have cancer, does that make having cancer a sin? A huge amount of people who are same sex attracted were molested or raped as children and their same sex attraction is a symptom of how their brain is trying to deal with the trauma. Children who are very badly abused (kept in cages, beaten, starved, etc) often even think of themselves as animals because they've been treated like animals and their brain is trying to protect them from their reality. Christians who are same sex attracted but not engaging in that attraction are actively struggling against it every single day, they are not giving into it. If they didn't feel bad about those feelings and try to turn away from them, I would question their faith, but we're talking about people who are living a Christian life but just happen to prefer the same sex. Like, if you prefer the flavour of chocolate to vanilla, you can't just change your preference. You could lie and say that you prefer vanilla. You could only eat vanilla for the rest of your life. You could not only stop eating chocolate, but stop going to places that sell it or watching tv shows or reading books about it, but that doesn't change your preference and doesn't stop you from wanting it. If you stay away from chocolate, you won't be tempted as much, but that doesn't mean that you won't like it anymore. Being attracted to the same sex is a temptation. Your temptations are not sins unless you give into them (fantisizing about giving into them would be a sin). You might be tempted to drink to excess, but if you have one glass of wine and don't get drunk, you have not sinned. You might be tempted to over indulge in ice cream, but if you stop yourself at one serving and don't give into gluttony, you have not sinned. You may be in desperate need of food or clothing and be tempted to steal, but if you don't steal, you have not sinned. Temptation IS NOT SIN. If it was, then Jesus would have sinned as Satan tempted him in the desert for 40 days. You turn away from the temptation and turn towards God. That doesn't mean that the temptation is gone. Everyone has temptations every day to do things that they shouldn't do. Maybe you have the temptation to yell at your kids when you're angry, or to share someone else's secret (gossip), or look at pornography... but if you don't give in, you are not committing the sin. You can not control what thoughts go through your head, you can only choose what you will do with those thoughts.

We do treat everyone as image bearers of God because they are, but not everyone is a Christian, so we don't treat them all as Christians. If someone has committed their life to Christ, they are expected to live that out. But if someone is an atheist or follows a different religion, you can not expect them to follow biblical principles because they don't believe in them. You have to guide them to Christ first and Christ needs to change them. THEN they are expected to try to live by God's standards (which we all fall short of on a daily basis). They don't have the Holy Spirit to guide them, so they don't feel convicted. You can't expect them to feel convicted before they have the Spirit to convict them. I'm not saying that they are not under judgment, they definitely are, but it makes no sense to point out how they are breaking "God's rules" if they don't even believe in God. If someone told you that you had to leave a glass of milk and cookies out on Christmas eve if you want Santa to bring you presents, would you do it? What if they truly believed that you would get presents from Santa if you left him milk and cookies... then would you do it? Why not? Maybe because you don't believe in Santa... Maybe because, even if Santa were real, the idea of a strange man coming into your house in the middle of the night creeps you out... In the end, if you just think the whole thing is a marketing campaign to get you to buy cookies and presents, why would you do it? That's how many nonbelievers think about Christianity. You can not get them to strive to be Christ like without encountering Christ first. If you are one of those people who go to heavy metal concerts holding up signs that say "You're all going to Hell", you are in no way going to convince those people of the love of Christ. You are going to do a great job of pushing them away though. They're going to build up huge barriers to make sure that God can't get in. That's not the example Jesus sets. He eats with the sinners. He befriends them and then leads them to the truth through his actions. With the religious leaders, no the other hand, he turned over their money tables. Why? Because they should know better. So we should be showing Christ's love through the way we live. And we should be holding other believers accountable. If someone chooses not to follow Christ, that is ultimately their choice. That is why God gave us free will. We can't force it on someone or it's not sincere.

So if someone has been molested and struggles with same sex attraction what do they do?

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I want thank everybody for allowing me to join your church and kind of sort of taking me under your wing I appreciate that Sean your wonderful you the only one who's ever gotten understand the word of God and I thank you for that

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