Some christian groups hold on to the position that
the LGBT community must first confess that their
lifestyle, their identity, and their behavior as a sin
before receiving eternal life by faith in Jesus Christ.
The Marin Foundation holds the position that the
LGBT community can come to a saving belief in
the good news of Jesus Christ first and foremost
while letting those culturally defined issues of
lifestyle, identity, marriage, civil rights, personal
behaviors and relationships take a secondary role.
Why does The Marin Foundation maintain this?
It is because of the examples set forth by Jesus
Christ.
When we read about the woman at the well who
has a conversation about salvation with Jesus,
we do not find that she had to straighten out all
of her marital issues first before believing in Him.
He did not require first her confession of past
failed relationships.
Instead, Jesus offered her a simple, yet effective
means for the woman to enter into the salvation
of God just as valid as the law given by Moses,
that would permit her to worship without shame.
Next, we read about a man who was blind from
birth, it was not a matter regarding sin from
either him, nor his parents (John 9:1-3) but
an opportunity for manifesting the works of
God in him.
Even after Jesus healed this blind man, some
Pharisees wanted to have the healed man to
state that Jesus was a sinner (John 9:24).
The sin-issue was the primary key starting
point to divide and then exclude others from
receiving the love of God, even excluding the
very Son of God Himself.
Jesus found the healed man after hearing that
the Pharisees kicked him out of the synagogue.
He asked the healed man if he believed in the
Son of God, and when He identified Himself as
such, the healed man both believed and then
began to worship Him.
There was another man who was a cripple for
38 years who was not able to reach the healing
waters fast enough. Jesus said to him to rise up,
take up your bedding and walk. Immediately,
the man was made whole and he took up his bed
and walked.
Then, the healed man was told that it was the
sabbath day therefore unlawful for him to carry
his bedding. The cured man didn't know who had
healed him. Later, he encountered Jesus again:
John 5:14
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple,
and said unto him, Behold, thou art made
whole: sin [G264] no more, lest a worse thing
come unto thee.
Strong's G264 - hamartano = to be without a share in,
to miss the mark, to err, be mistaken, to miss or to
wander off from the path, to do or go wrong; KJV has
translation of: sin, trespass, offend, faults
We have all missed the mark, we all have made mistakes,
we all have wandered off from the righteousness found in
His perfect love. It's a matter focused on our hearts first
and how we identify with the Son of God.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Parts Departed From The Cross
Jesus loves us. He endured our frustration
and futile struggles against sin by offering
Himself as the new and better way. He has
prepared for each of us to pass from death
to life by the shed blood of His New Covenant.
John 13:1 KJV
Now before the feast of the passover, when
Jesus knew that his hour was come that
he should depart out of this world unto the
Father, having loved his own which were
in the world, he loved them unto the end.
The Old Testament, through the Law Of Moses,
demonstrated how our lower nature was not
capable of serving or pleasing the LORD.
Hebrew 8:13 NASB
When He said, "A new covenant," He has made
the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming
obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
The Law has faded away, and rendered inactive
or nullified for the purpose of bringing salvation.
The Law of Moses was made obsolete in terms of
our fellowship with Him when the New Covenant
was fulfilled through the Cross of Christ.
This fading occurred when our LORD Jesus was
crucified on Golgothan hill which was known as
'A Place Of The Skull.'
Acts 2:27 NKJV
For You will not leave my soul in Hades,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see
corruption.
Apostle Paul wrote in 2nd Corinthians how the
Law of Moses was a ministry of death (chp3;v7)
and condemnation (chp3;v9).
Romans 7:6 KJV
But now we are delivered from the law,
that being dead wherein we were held;
that we should serve in newness of spirit,
and not [in] the oldness of the letter.
The Law of Moses fades away when we are
transfered out of the kingdom of darkness
into His Light. The 'oldness' of the Law
still functions as a restraint holding us from
entering into His Holy Presence.
Luke 5:8 KJV
When Simon Peter saw [it],
he fell down at Jesus' knees,
saying, 'Depart from me; for
I am a sinful man, O Lord.'
The Law of Moses effectively condemns all flesh
under the curse. The Law shuts up all men with
out excuse for our sins, our inherent lawlessness
and debased carnal rebellion. We are hopelessly
held in the death grip of our sin nature when we
behold the holiness of the LORD.
The Law can not provide to us the means of our
salvation. It does not permit us to abide in holy
fellowship with Him in the newness of spirit. Our
own mortal flesh is weak, our corrupt members
remain dead towards God. If we say we have no
sin, we lie, and our flesh bears witness against us.
We, therefore, became 'detainees' of the Law, only
knowing our shame and guilt with a veil covering
our darkened minds. We are along the side of the
wide road longing and awaiting for our Deliverer
to come and set us free from our sin and death.
Luke 24:51 KJV
And it came to pass, while he blessed them,
he parted [G1339] from them, and carried
up into heaven.
Strong's G1339 - Diistemi = (verb) to place separately,
disjoin, stand apart, depart, go further; to put asunder,
to withdraw/withdrew
Our LORD Jesus put asunder all flesh having
Mankind's sin nailed into the Cross of Calvary.
Jesus trusted in His Heavenly Father to deliver
Him from death, Hades and bodily decay. He was
promised that all His enemies would one day bow
before Him under His footstool. On the day that
Christ died once for all, none of His enemies were
brought into subjection to His Lordship.
Mark 16:19 NKJV
So then, after the Lord had spoken to them,
He was received up into heaven, and sat down
at the right hand of God.
He was raised up to abide in a separate place with
His Father on the right hand of God. In Him, we
became a new creation so that we can freely serve
and fellowship as the Body of Christ here on the
earth in the land of the living.
He left behind His clothes, garments, rainment,
vesture that He wore during His trials. A woman
was healed when she touched the hem of his garment.
Matthew 9:20 KJV
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with
an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him]
and touched the hem of his garment [G2440].
In fact, as many as those who only touched the
hem of His garment, they were made perfectly
whole. See Matthew 14:36
And yet, He let those who crucified Him to have
his garments.
Matthew 27:35 KJV
"... they parted [G1266] his garments, casting lots ..."
Parted - Strong's G1266 - Diamerizo = to cleave
asunder, cut in(to) pieces; to be divided into opposing
parts, to be at variance, indessension; to distribute
I believe Jesus left His garments to the soldiers for
several reasons. First, it was an act to fulfill scripture
but also to bear witness that those who were healed
was because of His Holiness and not His clothes; to
distribute symbolically how the opposing parts who
were in variance against His lordship would also be
left behind, too.
We can now with confidence set our face to seek
the LORD by entrusting our salvation in Him
instead of the arm of our flesh.
When Jesus died on the Cross, He departed from
this world and descended into the lower parts of
the earth (Ephesians 4:9-10). On the third day,
He ascended far above all the heavens.
Colossians 3:3-4 RSV
For you have died,
and your life is hid
with Christ in God.
(v4) When Christ,
who is our life
appears, then you
also will appear
with him in glory.
and futile struggles against sin by offering
Himself as the new and better way. He has
prepared for each of us to pass from death
to life by the shed blood of His New Covenant.
John 13:1 KJV
Now before the feast of the passover, when
Jesus knew that his hour was come that
he should depart out of this world unto the
Father, having loved his own which were
in the world, he loved them unto the end.
The Old Testament, through the Law Of Moses,
demonstrated how our lower nature was not
capable of serving or pleasing the LORD.
Hebrew 8:13 NASB
When He said, "A new covenant," He has made
the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming
obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.
The Law has faded away, and rendered inactive
or nullified for the purpose of bringing salvation.
The Law of Moses was made obsolete in terms of
our fellowship with Him when the New Covenant
was fulfilled through the Cross of Christ.
This fading occurred when our LORD Jesus was
crucified on Golgothan hill which was known as
'A Place Of The Skull.'
Acts 2:27 NKJV
For You will not leave my soul in Hades,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see
corruption.
Apostle Paul wrote in 2nd Corinthians how the
Law of Moses was a ministry of death (chp3;v7)
and condemnation (chp3;v9).
Romans 7:6 KJV
But now we are delivered from the law,
that being dead wherein we were held;
that we should serve in newness of spirit,
and not [in] the oldness of the letter.
The Law of Moses fades away when we are
transfered out of the kingdom of darkness
into His Light. The 'oldness' of the Law
still functions as a restraint holding us from
entering into His Holy Presence.
Luke 5:8 KJV
When Simon Peter saw [it],
he fell down at Jesus' knees,
saying, 'Depart from me; for
I am a sinful man, O Lord.'
The Law of Moses effectively condemns all flesh
under the curse. The Law shuts up all men with
out excuse for our sins, our inherent lawlessness
and debased carnal rebellion. We are hopelessly
held in the death grip of our sin nature when we
behold the holiness of the LORD.
The Law can not provide to us the means of our
salvation. It does not permit us to abide in holy
fellowship with Him in the newness of spirit. Our
own mortal flesh is weak, our corrupt members
remain dead towards God. If we say we have no
sin, we lie, and our flesh bears witness against us.
We, therefore, became 'detainees' of the Law, only
knowing our shame and guilt with a veil covering
our darkened minds. We are along the side of the
wide road longing and awaiting for our Deliverer
to come and set us free from our sin and death.
Luke 24:51 KJV
And it came to pass, while he blessed them,
he parted [G1339] from them, and carried
up into heaven.
Strong's G1339 - Diistemi = (verb) to place separately,
disjoin, stand apart, depart, go further; to put asunder,
to withdraw/withdrew
Our LORD Jesus put asunder all flesh having
Mankind's sin nailed into the Cross of Calvary.
Jesus trusted in His Heavenly Father to deliver
Him from death, Hades and bodily decay. He was
promised that all His enemies would one day bow
before Him under His footstool. On the day that
Christ died once for all, none of His enemies were
brought into subjection to His Lordship.
Mark 16:19 NKJV
So then, after the Lord had spoken to them,
He was received up into heaven, and sat down
at the right hand of God.
He was raised up to abide in a separate place with
His Father on the right hand of God. In Him, we
became a new creation so that we can freely serve
and fellowship as the Body of Christ here on the
earth in the land of the living.
He left behind His clothes, garments, rainment,
vesture that He wore during His trials. A woman
was healed when she touched the hem of his garment.
Matthew 9:20 KJV
And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with
an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him]
and touched the hem of his garment [G2440].
In fact, as many as those who only touched the
hem of His garment, they were made perfectly
whole. See Matthew 14:36
And yet, He let those who crucified Him to have
his garments.
Matthew 27:35 KJV
"... they parted [G1266] his garments, casting lots ..."
Parted - Strong's G1266 - Diamerizo = to cleave
asunder, cut in(to) pieces; to be divided into opposing
parts, to be at variance, indessension; to distribute
I believe Jesus left His garments to the soldiers for
several reasons. First, it was an act to fulfill scripture
but also to bear witness that those who were healed
was because of His Holiness and not His clothes; to
distribute symbolically how the opposing parts who
were in variance against His lordship would also be
left behind, too.
We can now with confidence set our face to seek
the LORD by entrusting our salvation in Him
instead of the arm of our flesh.
When Jesus died on the Cross, He departed from
this world and descended into the lower parts of
the earth (Ephesians 4:9-10). On the third day,
He ascended far above all the heavens.
Colossians 3:3-4 RSV
For you have died,
and your life is hid
with Christ in God.
(v4) When Christ,
who is our life
appears, then you
also will appear
with him in glory.
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