Sorry
I am not spamming. If you want to ban me that is your right but I hope you wont. How I came across this site I do not know all I know is that I did. I spent over 7 hrs yesterday reading topic after topic and what I came away with from so many posts was a feeling of sadness for those whom cannot seem to incorporate that they are loved by God no matter how they choose to identify themselves. Notice that I have not and never will say one way or the other that God disapproves of Gay people. It's the act of sin that God is disapproving of. The act is of course lewdness and lacivity, promiscuity, debauchery the act of committing the sin itself but being gay is not a sin and I think so many people get the wrong.
The reason I have so many post is because this is my first time here. And yes this is about overcoming sin, we as individuals should have to uphold ourselves unto righteousness but that is and individual obligation. I noticed you are using the NAS I use the KJV and may I ask how many different versions of the bible exist? To many to go on counting, that’s for sure. And that is why so people I found get so confused about what is what in scripture and although some Bibles come close too meaning the same thing one certain word changed or misrepresented or a coma where there should be none or a period where there should be a coma, changes the whole of the meaning of scripture. And it's a well known fact that neither Original Hebrew nor Greek, used punctuation marks.
All I know is I am a gay individual 38 who has struggled with homosexuality being against God's word now for close too, two decades. I was married and have a 17 yr old son whom I am very proud of and my ex-wife and I our closer now then we ever where during our marriage. I have a partner in life but we are celibate but that does not stop us from saying we love one another of feeling it either. We both long and yearn for companionship as does the whole of humanity and for people to tell others that they can be gay but not be involved is ludicrous and above all inhuman. We all are deserving of love and companionship and we all long for human touch.
My post is not about hate or spreading hate, they are also not about spreading lies or miss-truths. They are however about spreading acceptance and especially acceptance of oneself. For how can an individual Love God with all their heart, mind and soul and except Christ as their savior if they do not except themselves. If one does not understand that he and or she can be born and individual capable of being homosexual and all they every accomplish is hatred and loathing for themselves then how can they come to Love God and Christ? It's as simple as that.
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