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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
I agree. What I disagree with is that this someone is you or me. I have been given a commission to preach the gospel, I have not been given a commission to judge the world. I can judge myself. Judgement does begin with the house of God. If you want to take issue with some denomination marrying gays and having homosexual priests, I would agree with you.
But I do not see the church as a political organization, I do not see our calling as a calling to change the secular laws of a nation, I do not see our calling to condemn the world.
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But I am not talking about judging the world. Judgement begins with the house of God, as you say. I have provided statistics that 63% of Protestants say there is “no conflict” between their religious beliefs and homosexuality. My judgement is that this is a sign of degraded Christianity. I am more than happy to consider Protestants to equal "the world" if you like, in which case I will not judge them, but last time I checked Protestants are considered to be part of Christianity.
Regarding preaching the gospel - what is the gospel? The gospel includes: "repent for the kingdom of heaven is near". Telling others to repent because their ways are wrong is part of preaching the gospel. So I don't know why you say on the one hand your job is "to preach the gospel" yet on the other is not to tell others right from wrong. You must not be preaching the gospel of the kingdom, but the significantly shortened version. According to the Bible, it is our job to say right is right and wrong is wrong. This is not for judgement but for warning and repentance.