This is a brilliant quote from a long blog on “Homosexuality and the Gospel”. It is worth reading it all to gain a good Biblical perspective on this important issue. Justin Taylor is quoting Dr. Albert Mohler.
“We must be the people who love homosexuals more than homosexuals love homosexuality. This is a tough challenge. We have to be the people who, because we are possessed by a passion to see God’s glory in his creation, love homosexuals more than they love their sin. This means that our love has to be a tenacious love. This will also require that we come to know and establish relationships with those struggling with homosexuality. Armed with an awareness of both the problem and God’s provision, we have no right to consider that homosexuals are beyond the grace of God or that any individual is beyond the hope of redemption and transformation. Compassionate truth-telling is deeply rooted in Christian love, and this means that we must love homosexuals more than homosexuals love homosexuality.”
“Every sinner loves his sin, but the church must love sinners more than sinners love their sinfulness. This is precisely how Christ has loved us, and we must love other sinners even as Christ has loved us.”
We must hold the line of holiness and Biblical Doctrine. Our great God is holy and the King of Kings. He is not human. He hates sin, BUT he loves sinners and sent is Son to die for sinners. How much has God forgiven the sinner? We needed a drop of grace and he provided ocean upon ocean of grace for us in Jesus Christ’s death on a cross. Of course we need to embrace Jesus as Savior of our sin. Let’s put it all in perspective. It is an overwhelming amount of love God is holding out for us to grab.
