What Jesus was for

More on the same theme of accepting and loving all people...

The word homosexual was not found in the Bible prior to 1945.  The Greek word was translated in different ways prior to that, usually referring to those who prey on others, those who hurt others, such as adult men taking on children as a partner.

Jesus said nothing about gambling, yet gambling was done at his death.  Jesus ran with prostitutes.  He did not shame them.  Jesus says nothing about abortion.  Jesus says nothing about homosexuality.  If these things were that important for Christians to be against, don't you think that Jesus would have come out against them?  He focused on other things.  He focused on the positive.

So you see, Christianity is not a faith that is identified by what it is against.  Christianity is for love.  It is for loving the outcast, for welcoming the stranger, for embracing the broken.  

If Christianity is against anything, it is against judgment, it is against hatred, it is against pointing the finger, it is against self-righteousness.

True Christianity rejects setting others aside for any reason.  Jesus taught love.  If we focus on love, we will find the right path

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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