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Expel the immoral Brother: The born again brother

The truth, and maybe no one wants’ to hear it, but here it is:
Expel the Immoral Brother: 1 Corinthians 5: 9-11 (911 emergency msg)

Dear brothers and sisters, I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people-not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral or greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother (Christian) but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater, or slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. WITH SUCH A MAN DO NOT EVEN EAT.

Wow what harsh words, sounds judgmental to me. Well not so, at least from a Christian standpoint. These warnings were given to the Christian faith, not to sound harsh, but these were guidelines for Christians to follow for their own good. These are the moral standards that have long been forgotten. This is why we are so confused and lost in a world of sin. Once we become Christians, we profess that we believe Jesus died for our sins, and in three days he rose again, with all powers in his hands. We believe that all things were conquer through Jesus Christ. If we believe that, then why are Christians so lost, when it comes to everyday issues? My guess would be that we not only know the right thing to do but we wrestle with flesh, which seems to win the battle- majority of the time. We refuse to kill the flesh and we let it win over us in those areas. We can’t win only though, if we refuse to ask for God’s help, we end up on the same battlefield, while history repeats itself.

Now we can walk in the excuse lane for miles to come, but when will we stop for help along the highway of trouble? Man/woman has many weakness, we all fall short of the Glory. But when do we stop repeating our offenses and using the excuses to pamper our wrongs. “Judge not, so that you won’t be judge”, is the favorite scripture we use- when we want to dance along the line of sin. Accountability, does that sound familiar Tavis? It not only applies to Political figures, it applies to everyday people, and especially the people of God.

Ms. Lady:
The word of God does two things: It either comfort or convict. Everyone wants’ the comfort zone and not truth. Well take whatever roads suites you! Anytime truth is spoken people immediately take the offense mode, which tells a lot about where people really stand on certain issues. My comment never singled out this disease to homosexuality. My comment as I stated earlier if anyone who commented had taken the time to read the New Study on HIV. Over half of the new cases that are being reported can be related back to men having sex with men. My point was simple: We have a problem and my main concern is this, if over half of the new cases are related to men having sex with men, then women are up against a time bomb. So let me put it this way, when someone stated value your body, what about the married women (and I’m only speaking from a female standpoint) what about the wife that has a husband who desires to have an affair with a man, which in return she gets the HIV virus which leads to Aids. While we all should educate ourselves about the HIV virus, what about the innocent people who live according to the rules but have these men playing games with their lives? What about that? Make all the excuses available but this is why we are face with so many plagues in our communities.

Some of our black people seldom take truth at face value. We much rather find a back door, an excuse whatever comforts us in our wrong. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see what’s happening but far too many of us are afraid to speak the truth. If truth is spoken it either gets twisted or you become judgmental. When I begin to embrace hate-only then will I have a problem with myself and God. But truth never creates a large audience, it does the opposite. So while many of us avoid what’s right, there we will find the dead end. As I said earlier, and maybe loathe was harsh, but I dislike very much a bisexual man. A gay man I can respect but a bisexual man’s ways, I don’t care for at all.

Now before you respond, read the link that follows my comment. Just like Mr. Cosby and Senator Obama, I too will continue to speak the truth and like Esther said in the bible: “If I perish let me perish”. If after I post the word of God and someone still say’s I’m judging, what you are really saying is that God is judging…

I would have to agree with Lytening25 who states that people should value their bodies and be more informed on the seriousness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. To label HIV as a homosexual disease is a stereotypic persona which is a contributor to the ignorance plagued in the African American community that only "gay people get HIV."

African Americans need to be educated, resources need to be made available in low socioeconomic status communities. Families need to be educated on the seriousness of the spread of the disease so they may in turn educate their children.

HIV/AIDS is not solely a homosexual disease; it effects all races, genders, sexualities, and has no discrimination.

Right on lytening25!

Excuse me for my inappropriate words-let me be spiritually correct.

Matthew 19:4-5

4"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'[a] 5and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'[b]?

1 Corinthians 6:9-10... 9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Romans 1:24-28 says:
24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

2 Peter 2:6-10
6if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 7and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men 8(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 9if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.[a] 10This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature[b] and despise authority