Quote:
|
Originally Posted by BuDDaH
This is all garbage. The priest got lock up for trying to incite his members of the congregation to go out and actually hurt people who even seemed gay. You should LEARN to read Swedish or not believe everything before getting the facts.  |
In his sermon he quoted many Bible passages supposedly showing that homosexuality is evil and sinful, but he also closed with this:
Quote:
We must never think that some people, because of their sinful lives, would end up outside of grace. Paul says about himself that he was the foremost of all sinners, but he encountered an abundance of grace and mercy. He also states in First Corinthians 6:9-11, when he lists sexual immorality with other sins, that you can be saved from all the listed sins, including sexual immorality. What these people need, who li,:e under the slavery of sexual immorality, is an abundant grace. It exists. It is valid also for them.
Therefore we will encourage those who live in this manner to look at the grace of Jesus Christ. We cannot condemn these people Jesus never did that either. He showed everyone He met deep respect for the person they were, for instance the adulterous woman, in John 8, or the woman at the well in Sychar, according to John 4, Jesus never belittled anyone. He offered them grace. We must never belittle anyone who lives in sin. The sin we cannot bear - but the human being [we must hold up].
Surely we still believe it is as Paul says in the Letter to Titus [2: 11-12]. Listen:
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live... Godly lives in this present age,
It is by showing all people grace and mercy that we can win them for Christ. We never win anyone by giving them the cold shoulder.Translated Sermon
|
I assume this translation is correct.
It seems to me that locking this guy up is going way overboard in an effort to protect minorities.