"Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin." -Romans 14:22-23 (KJV)
This is one of my most favorite verses from the bible! Actually...all of Romans 14, I thouroughly enjoy. In an earlier post, I mentioned God wanting me to be who I am. And to this day I still agree with my previous post. But if anyone misunderstood I'd like to clear it up. I don't believe that in our sin God is okay with you being..well, in sin. I believe that God sees us the way He intends us to be and daily purges us of those things. I am a firm believer in the fire of the Holy Spirit and I welcome it daily into my life.
Which is why my previous post stated this: "I must define myself by who he has set me apart to be. Whether other people accept me for who I am or not....he does. (meaning who he as called me to be) Of course he daily prunes me...so I'm always being molded into who he wants me to be. One day it may be attitude and the next he may be helping me on my mindset or view of the way I think situations should be. "
If you are in a homosexual relationship I do not agree. I do not believe God gives you mercy and grace and claims it to be okay. You are in sin. And the bible clearly states, multiple times that this is wrong. God does not contradict himself. So in Romans 14:23, He does not mean....if you have faith to believe that your homosexuality is not a sin it's okay....you're wrong! That means that God contradicted himself. He does not do that! God is very clear on what is sin and what is not sin and we can't excuse ourselves with this verse alone. And to use the "He loves me anyway" excuse is ignorance.
This was just the first example that came to my mind. This is NOT directed towards anyone I know. Actually, I don't even think I know anyone in homosexuality. Moving on...
And to further make my point on my previous post...I do not want to look or be who I want myself to be or look like! Only who HE wants me to be. I want to be the wife, mother and friend God wants me to be. And I look to scripture to tell me exactly what that is. I desire to live a holy life for a HOLY God. ( I recommend A.W Tozer's book "Knowledge of the Holy") I crave the fire of the Holy Spirit every single day and I enjoy the humbleness He brings.
I stand in confidence and FAITH to believe and know that what I do (although being human and having DAILY purging through the Holy Spirit) is pleasing to God, according to His Word. If that is in question to anyone I ask them to get to know ME on a personal note instead of through someone else...or even a blog.
"We are the most "REAL" in our comfortable place" -stolen from my husband (:
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