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Can we hate the sin and still love the sinner?

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christian:

--- Quote from: princessdi on April 16, 2012, 04:28:27 PM ---Christian, if Christ is our example, we cannot hate the sinner.  God did all He did after man sinned.  he could hav destroyed us and started all over until someone finally made the right decision, but He didn't.  instead he found a way of escape for us from sin, His beloved children.  i with Murcielago, everyon eI love is a sinner.  woule you hate your own child? Mother? Father? Sibling?

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Would you hate you own child, Hmmm let me think about that one for a moment. Would you hate your Mother, Father, Sibling? Hmmm let me think real hard about that one and I will let you know. Anyway, you ask the wrong question, I am talking about really loving someone. I really think the word love is taken way, way out of proportion. I personally don't think most of us really know what love is. As I get older I realize that most of us do not know true love or how to express love. We have a strong like for people and most of that is attached to how much can we gain from our association with the individual. But let someone become sick for some time and we quickly see that we never really love that person. Or let someone who was well off become poor and watch the utter disregard of that person. We as Christian don't seem to understand the difference between the word of God and the Love of God. We talk love and quote the bible but when the true metal of love is needed it is very, very rarely found. By in large our supposed love is very conditional and is only what I would call the human love but definitely not the Godly love.

princessdi:
Well, Christian, maybe it's because I have experienced many blessings sent by God through people around me, friends, family. So while I so see what you are talking about, I chose to view the other side.  you see, It started with my parents who were foster parents who fostered so many children, i can't even count.  They also adopted.  It extends to my extended family who accepts children, fostered, adopted, step as their own and all of those labels are dropped....not only for the time they are with us, but should they be disconnected from our family, forever. That extends to extraordinary friends who have blessed me and my family with great kindness and generosity. now, I have tried to pay forward as much as I can.  My sister and I were foster parents to two wonderful girls for six years until they were able to go home to their family.  I haven't even mentioned my church family...........as i said, I choose to focus on the other side of the coin.

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