Every day I see the effects of a fallen world. I have often stood up for what the Bible teaches is right. Sometimes people strike back with, “we should just love everybody.” In a sense they are right, but sometimes love is taken out of context. Recently I was tagged in a note on facebook that talked about sin just being sin and how they being a homosexual is no different than someone telling a lie. I wrote this person back. I wanted to share the what I said with you, as I see this persons attitude becoming more popular in todays society. Please take the time to look up the passages that I cite.
<Person’s name>,
I am writing you a note, because replying to posts these days gets me nothing back, but animosity. Please don’t take any of this as an attack on you, because it is not. I simply want to reply to the note you tagged me in. 
I agree that we should love everyone. I hope you did not read any anger into anything I said on the Same-sex marriage thread. You can confront and give your opinion on sin without hating someone.
Please don’t get me wrong. I don’t think you will go to hell for messing up and sinning. If we have a repentant heart God is faithful to forgive us (1 John 1:9) . However, there is a difference in telling a lie and living in a homosexual lifestyle (just one example) or living a “lifestyle” of any other non-repentant sin. The latter, as stated, is a lifestyle. It’s as if the person were walking in darkness, whereas if you were to mess up and sin it’s like you stumbled in and back out. Get it? You can see more about this in 1 John 1:5-10.
Also, please don’t take any of my comments as shoving Jesus down someones throat. I was tagged in a note and gave my opinion about the note and when someone countered. I defended my opinion. I showed now hate and I think debate is healthy as long as it doesn’t turn into hate, which it never did on my part.
I think as a child of God (Christian) you are a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). This is what makes me different than Sally Sue. Am I better than Sally Sue? Only in that I have the light of Jesus inside of me. I can still earnestly desire for Sally Sue to have that light. I am different than her though and my fruits ought to show that (Matthew 7:15-23).
Next, I will say that sometimes love calls for confrontation. Jesus was all about love, but examining the scriptures will show that that love was not the kind of hippie love many attach to him today. Some people paint Jesus as this man who says just be the way you are and I will love you anyway. Jesus is very stern with people and often used scripture to correct or rebuke. When sinners came to him he forgave them, but would say, “go and sin no more.” Did they sin again? Surely. Did they live in the lifestyle of sin they had before? No. Jesus confronted. Paul tells us that we should do this too (2 Timothy 3:10-16).
Lastly, I will say that believing this way will not make you popular. Jesus say we should rejoice in that, though (Luke 6:22,23).
I hope you take all this in love as that is how I am typing it. I don’t mean to insinuate that you think differently. I guess I just more or less wanted to clarify my position on the subject at hand.
God Bless,
Aaron Abbott
