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It does not matter what you or I think about Jesus, it is what Jesus said himself:  "If you love me, you will obey the commandments."

Accepting homosexuality and other fornications is not obeying, it is disobeying, the commandments by practiciing or condoning sin.

This is why so many churches are failing, why so many want nothing to do with church, because there is no salt in it, just blah "let's all get along and not rock the boat" philosophy.  Jesus on many occasions pointed out sin and told people to repent.  In liberal churches, you do not see any call to repentance, all you hear is "just be a good person, be nice to everybody, and it will all work itself out in the end because Jesus is down with it, bro."

Calling out the sin of homosexuality is not hateful, it is being true to God's word:  reprove the works of darkness. There can be no compromise. The early church kicked out the false teachers, the compromisers, the "get along with the world at all costs" lukewarm, gutless Christians afraid to take a strong stance.

http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/intolerance.html
[i]The Christian is most often claimed to be "intolerant" when he refuses to accept and speaks out against "alternative lifestyles," such as cohabitation or homosexual behavior. Again, this is an improper use of the word "intolerant." Tolerance does not require acceptance of all ideas as being true, but merely a willingness to hear alternative beliefs. Those who say that Christians should not express their beliefs are actually the ones who are being intolerant, since they are unwilling to grant equal freedom of expression to Christian beliefs.[/i]

From Billy Graham:

[i]"Jesus plainly pointed out that there are two roads in life. One is broad, lacking in faith, convictions and morals. It is the easy, popular, careless way. Jesus said, “There are many who go in by it.” But He pointed out that this road, heavily traveled though it is, leads to destruction. And in loving, compassionate intolerance, He says: “Enter by the narrow gate … because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life.”[/i]

https://billygraham.org/story/the-sin-of-tolerance/

[i]Jesus’ disciples followed His example of intolerance. The early church did not tolerate the sin of Ananias and Sapphira, they were struck dead (Acts 5:1-11)[/i]
http://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/LVarticles/JesusIntolerantConfrontationalAndExclusionary.htm

There is an abundant history of Christians refusing to accept sins like homosexuality in the church.   Again, to ;point out sin and refuse to condone, accept, tolerate, or participate in that sin is not being hateful ( it is hateful to the ungodly who walk in darkness and fear the light of truth), it is standing true to God's word:  have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness.

What are the fruits of homosexuality?   AIDS, gonorrhea in the butthole, molesting of children (Ernst Rohm, Harvey Milk); a propensity to suicide, drug addiction, and alcoholism (and no, this is not caused by society being intolerant, it is the homosexual knowing in his heart he is doing wrong, trying to drown out his conscience with substances).  It causes schism in the home when families, who wanted their children to marry and become parents themselves (gay marriage is not marriage, does not count)   discover their child has fallen into an undesirable state.

Certainly the church should welcome homosexuals into the church, so that they will learn of their sins and repent, be washed and born again.  But to tell the homosexual they can keep on sinning, that God loves everybody (he does) and there is nothing to repent of, you are being dishonest and disingenuous.

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