HOMOSEXUALITY AND ROMANS THRU PHILEMON, KJV

ALL SIN HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL BY CHRIST AT THE CROSS – BELIEVE IT

Sin is sin, and all sin was nailed to the Cross over 2,000 years ago. Jesus Christ paid for all of our sins [ Ga 1:4, Eph 1:7, Col 1:14, Col 2:13 KJV ]! It is finished; God did it all for us through the finished work of the Cross. Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and arose to life three days later for our justification. The only thing we must do is believe it!

ONLY BELIEVERS GO TO HEAVEN – UNBELIEVERS GO TO HELL – REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS

There’s only one way to obtain salvation from hell and to obtain entrance into heaven: an individual must simply believe the gospel of grace [ i.e. 1Co 15:1-4 KJV ], plus nothing. To go to heaven God simply requires us to believe that Jesus died for our sins, was buried and arose to life three days later; that’s it; nothing more; nothing less. We are saved by God’s grace through our faith in what Christ did for us [ Eph 2:8-9; Ro 11:6; Ro 4:5 KJV ]. We can NEVER clean up ourselves enough to please God, that’s WHY God had to send His Son to pay for all our filthy disgusting sins.

BELIEVING THAT YOU MUST EARN YOUR SALVATION SENDS YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL

There is nothing else required for salvation, except to "believe" the gospel of your salvation [ i.e. 1Co 15:1-4 KJV ]. Indeed, anyone who believes they must DO anything else for salvation, their faith is made void, and Christ is made none effect to them [ Ro 4:14, Ro 11:6, Eph 2:8-9, 1Cor 1:15, Gal 5:4 KJV ]. In other words, if a person believes that they must EARN their salvation in any way, they are NOT saved. Salvation has nothing to do with what WE DO, and everything to do with what CHRIST HAS ALREADY DONE and us just believing it. Salvation is a FREE GIFT from God to those who put ALL their faith in Jesus’ finished work of the cross [ i.e. 1Co 15:1-4 KJV ]. Belief + nothing = salvation & heaven.


SALVATION GIVES US A DESIRE TO CHANGE AND THE POWER TO OVERCOME SIN – NO MATTER WHAT SINS YOU ARE INVOLVED IN

Whatever sins you are involved in as an unbeliever, once you are saved your desires CHANGE and God gives you power over your sins [ Ro 6:11, Ro 6:7, Ro 6:14, Ro 8:3 KJV ]. Whereas before you were saved, you were unable to resist temptations. But, after you are saved, you are able to resist, if you so choose; you are no longer a slave to sin. Now this change may happen seemingly “over night,” or it could be a gradual transformation that occurs over time. Different Christians experience their change differently, yet it’s always a change that is definite, evident, and undeniable [ Eph 3:19-20, Ro 6:17, Ro 8:28, Ro 15:13, Ro 8:4-16, 1Co 1:18, Eph 1:19 KJV ] – As a saved Christian, you KNOW you can’t take credit for the change; you KNOW God did it, because you were NOT able to do it yourself. That’s the work of God in you.


One might say, “But I don’t want to change and stop being gay!” Well, neither does a drunk want to change. Neither does a thief want to change. Neither does a murderer want to change. God concluded that NO ONE WANTED TO CHANGE, that’s why God HAD to send His Son Jesus to pay for all the sins we were unwilling to give up. The Bible is not about us seeking God—cause none of us really wanted God—the Bible is about God pursuing us to give us a free gift that will fill our hearts with love FOR HIM, as we run from Him doing what WE WANT to do.

One might say, "But, I don't believe being gay is a sin!" Well, that's where you must to decide: to believe your Creator, or to worship yourself, the creature. Because God proclaims it is a sin. However, sin is sin to God. Being gay is not your only sin. Salvation is not a sin issue. Salvation is a Son issue. All sin has ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR. So, it’s not really about your sin. Salvation is about BELIEVING GOD our Creator over our own opinion.

A BELIEVER’S SALVATION IS ETERNALLY SECURE—IT’S A DONE DEAL FOR A BELIEVER

The moment we sincerely believe the gospel of grace, we are saved forever [ i.e. Ro 1:16, Ro 3:26, Ro 10:4, Eph 1:13-14, Eph 4:30 KJV ]. The instant we believe the gospel, we belong to God; He owns us. He bought and paid for us with His own Son’s life, His own Son’s blood. That’s how much God wanted each and everyone of us! But, each one of us has to stop running from Him, so He can give to us His free gift.

And, we stop running from Him by stop being an unbeliever. We change our mind and decide to trust that God is real and He love us, just the way we are, right now in our sins. We change our mind and decide to take God’s word for it, and believe Him. We change our mind and decide to simply believe the gospel of Christ [ i.e. 1Co 15:1-4 KJV ]. We change our mind and decide that whatever plan God has for us, that it will be far greater than anything we ourselves could ever dream of! See how joyous repenting can be? It’s actually a beautiful thing, not an ugly thing. When we repent, we simply change our mind from believing one thing, to believing something completely different. When we repent, we decide to change our mind from believing the world’s lies to believing the truth of God. When we repent we decide to change our mind from believing the lusts of our own flesh, and decide to believe in the greater power of God’s Holy Spirit. And, we’re very happy about it too; we’re not the least bit resentful afterwards. A true believer doesn’t ever regret their decision to believe, because God won’t let them ever feel that way, no matter what happens [ Ro 5:13 KJV ]. You know why and how? Because the moment you believe, God lives INSIDE YOU, and you wouldn’t have it any other way! He’s the God of all comfort. Why would anyone not want the God of all comfort to come live inside them? Why resist such a wonderful free gift while living in this crazy harsh world? You won’t be disappointed, and you can’t disappoint God, once you BELIEVE.

THE MORE WE STUDY THE KJV BIBLE THE BETTER WE KNOW GOD

After being saved, over time, as our knowledge of the scriptures, rightly divided, increases, our knowledge of God IN us increases. As a result our desire for sin decreases and our power to overcome sin increases, through the power of the Holy Ghost within us [ 2Ti 1:14, 1Co 15:34, 2Co 6:6, 2Co 10:5, Col 1:9-11, Col 1:13, Col 3:10, 2Ti 2:7, Ro 15:13, Ro 16:25, 1Co 2:5, Eph 1:17-19, Eph 3:4, Eph 3:20, Php 3:8, Php 3:10 KJV ].

As we study the portion of scriptures written TO us [ i.e. Romans thru Philemon, KJV ], the body of Christ, we grow in our knowledge of Christ Jesus and His will for our lives. As this happens our relationship with Him grows stronger, because we become grounded in our identity IN Christ, causing us to think more like Him, therefore desiring to do His will, labouring with God [ 1Co 3:9 KJV ].

ONLY ROMANS THRU PHILEMON APPLIES SPECIFICALLY TO US BELIEVERS TODAY

TODAY we Christians DO NOT live under the Old Testament laws and ordinances. That was for the Jews only, and only up to the time period right before Paul was called to be the apostle TO the body of Christ [ i.e. all believers of the gospel – Jew & Gentile believers ]. Paul’s conversion and God choosing Paul is recorded in Acts chapter 9.

TODAY we believers are living in a biblical time period called the "dispensation of the grace of God," which Jesus revealed only to the apostle Paul [ Eph 3:2, Col 1:25 KJV ].

PAUL is the only apostle TO the body of Christ, and we believers are to follow Paul's example and instructions, and no other [ 2Ti 3:10, 1Co 14:37, 1Co 4:16, 1Cor 11:1, Php 4:9, Ro 16:25, 2Ti 3:10, Ga 1:8-9, Ro 16:17, 1Ti 1:3, 1Ti 4:16 KJV ].

During this current dispensation of grace, God is NOT dispensing punishment for sins [ Ro 8:1, 2Co 5:19 KJV ]; only His grace. God is presently offering to ALL people His FREE GIFT of salvation to anyone that BELIEVES the gospel of Christ [ i.e. Ro 2:16, 1Co 15:1-4, Ro 1:16, Ro 6:23, Ro 5:18, KJV ].


CHRISTIANS ARE INSTRUCTED BY APOSTLE PAUL TO AVOID SIN EVEN THOUGH WE WILL SIN IN THIS BODY

Even under this current dispensation of grace, Christians are to avoid sin, although we will sin [ Ro 7:14-25, Ro 6:6, Ro 6:12, Ro 6:15, Ro 12:2, Ro 13:9, 1Co 15: 34, 2Co 7:1, Eph 4:26-29 KJV ].

We believers are TO HATE SIN [ i.e. what the Bible calls having fear of God, or fear of the Lord ], but LOVE THE SINNER [ Ro 12:9, Ro 2:21; Ro 3:23, 2Co 7:1 KJV ].

Believers are clearly instructed by our apostle Paul not to participate in the sins of others [ 1Ti 5:22 KJV ].

Neither are we suppose to involve ourselves with unbelievers, nor associate with believers who are willfully indulging in certain sins [ 2Co 6:14-17, 1Co 5:9-13, Ro 16:17, 1Co 7:2, Eph 4:31, 2Ti 2:16 KJV ].

JUDGING OTHERS AND HOW WE ARE TO TREAT OTHERS

Paul provides us believers with much instruction on how judge other believers, yet Paul tell us that we believers, us “within,” have no business judging unbelievers [ i.e. those without ], for they are judged by God [ 1Co 5:12-13 KJV ].

Apostle Paul commands us believers to be honest, kind, patient, gentle, loving and forgiving toward everyone [ Ro 12:17, Ro 12:18, 2Co 2:24, 1Th 3:12, 1Th 5:14, Eph 4:32, Tit 3:2 KJV ].


WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE, AND WHAT WE’RE SUPPOSE TO BE DOING AS BELIEVERS

The moment we are saved we become a member of the body of Christ. All members of the body of Christ have the ministry of reconciliation [ 2Co 5:18 KJV ], and are instructed to study Paul’s doctrine, edify one another, follow after the things which make for peace, and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery “for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ” [ 2Ti 2:15, 2Ti 3:10, Ro 6:17, 1Ti 1:3, 1Ti 4:13, Ro 16:17, Eph 3:9, Eph 4:12, Ro 4:19 KJV ].

The instant we are saved our body becomes the literal temple of God. God’s Spirit dwells within us [ 2Ti 1:14, 1Co 3:16, 1Co 6:19 KJV ], and we are to live not as menpleasers, but to be the servants to God, servants of Christ, and servants of righteousness  [ Ro 6:17-22, 2Co 4:5, Ro 12:1, Eph 6:5-7, 1Ti 6:1-2 KJV ].

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CHURCH DOCTRINE WE ARE TO OBEY TODAY = ROMANS thru PHILEMON, KJV

Why Romans thru Philemon? Because Jesus Christ, from heaven, chose, separated, and appointed Paul to be the only apostle TO body of Christ, and Paul penned Romans thru Philemon, KJV. These books are addressed TO Christ’s church, the body of Christ, while the remainder of the KJV Bible is written almost exclusively TO the Jews, the nation of Israel.

While all scripture is for our learning, not all scripture is about us nor to us. It’s good to learn about God’s past dealings with Israel, but it’s far better to be grounded in what God is doing now with us, the body of Christ. And you can only learn the truth about NOW by reading and studying Romans thru Philemon, KJV.

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JESUS INSTRUCTED APOSTLE PAUL TO WRITE TO BELIEVERS …

Ro 6:11 KJV: “Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Ro 6:7 KJV: “For he that is dead is freed from sin.”

Ro 6:1-2a KJV: “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? [2a] God forbid.”

Ro 6:6 KJV: “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.”

Ro 6:12-14 KJV: “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. [13] Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. [14] For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”

Ro 6:15 KJV: “What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.”

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