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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what happened to love the sinner? Why is christian "love" so toxic?[/quote]

Telling someone they are sinning isn’t toxic nor does it mean you don’t love someone. How is it toxic to want your fellow Christian be saved?

What makes sexual sin such a big deal?

Modern culture has tried to redefine sexuality as a personal right to be exercised any way an individual wishes. Sexual behavior is considered a personal choice, akin to the decision of whether to buy a house or rent a condo. At the same time, popular opinion has all but removed the word sin from our culture’s vocabulary. The only sexual expression considered “wrong” is what is deemed distasteful to the definer. However, social acceptability varies so greatly that even the vilest of acts would be considered justified by many. So, before we can determine why sexual sin is such a big deal, we have to define sexual sin.

Fortunately, man has never been given the privilege of defining sin. The One who created sexuality also has the right to set the boundaries for it, and the Bible is clear about the guidelines. When God created the first man, Adam, and brought to him the first woman, Eve, He joined them together in marriage and pronounced it “very good” (Genesis 1:31; 2:18, 24). At that time, God introduced sexuality and set the boundaries for its expression. God created a union between a husband and wife that He called “becoming one flesh” (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:6; Mark 10:8; Ephesians 5:31). He then defined any sexual activity outside of the husband-wife relationship as a violation of His gift. Fornication, homosexuality, pornography, and lust are all violations of God’s intent when He created the sexual act (1 Corinthians 6:9,18; Galatians 5:19-20; Jude 1:7; Matthew 5:28; Hebrews 13:4).

Romans 13:13–14 outlines the life God desires us to live: “Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.” Sexual sin is one more way people gratify the flesh rather than walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16). Jesus said that the “pure in heart” will “see God” (Matthew 5:8). Unrepentant sexual sin defiles the heart, making it impossible to experience the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. If we wish to be pure in heart, we cannot engage in sexual sin.

https://www.gotquestions.org/sexual-sin.html

All Christians struggle with sin. All of us do. None of us are able to live and not sin. No one has the distinction of being the “sinner” while the rest of us float around with halos on beaming with happiness because we finally figured out how not to sin.

The answer is not to say ah screw it, imma do what I want and the blood of Jesus has me covered. I do know some very religious people who have that exact outlook on sin. They believe they are saved and covered by the Blood of Jesus and can do whatever they want and will be saved. I do not think they are correct. I don’t think the people posting here think that people can be baptized and call themselves Christians and commit adultery, steal, lie, etc. and be saved.

I don’t think people who commit sexual immorality are covered by the Blood of Jesus, if they don’t call their sin, sin, confess it to God, and make their best, genuine effort to avoid sexual immorality.

There is no hatred for my fellow sinners from me, a sinner, but there’s no way I can give my “permission” and support to someone who purposefully sins and demands I accept their sin. I don’t want to be part of that; I have enough problems with my own sin. I don’t ask anyone to tell me my sin is ok. I know it’s not. I am not going to lie to myself and ask you to lie to me to make me feel better.[/quote]

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