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Date Posted: 08:09:17 07/12/11 Tue
Author: George
Subject: Re: c-not-of-c leadership and the homosexual agenda cont.
In reply to: Lois 's message, "Re: c-not-of-c leadership and the homosexual agenda cont." on 21:06:43 07/11/11 Mon

>>>The current leadership is definately grooming their
>>>off-spring to step into their shoes. Matthew
>>>Bolton is the son of Apostle Andrew Bolton and
>sat
>>>on a committee with his father. Matthew Bolten
>>>has identified himself with the homosexual agenda.
>>>--------
>>>
>>> >>>href="http://www.examiner.net/opinions/x230660....-ad
>u
>>l
>>>ts-in-love">http://www.examiner.net/opinions/x230660.
>.
>>.
>>>.-adults-in-love
>>>
>>>Matthew Bolton says,
>>>
>>>"Growing up in church, in Sunday School and at home,
>I
>>>learned that gays and lesbians were sinful and that
>>>the love they might feel for their partners and
>>>companions was something deeply dirty. I parroted
>>>this bile in a wide variety of settings, including at
>>>church camps and even at the church college."
>>>---------
>>>
>>>What a shame. I bet he went to Graceland University,
>>>where they spoon fed him their version of
>bile.
>>>It seems that JCRB "supporters" (Joint Conference of
>>>Restoration Branches) are trying to recruit young
>>>women to play soccer at Graceland. I guess those JCRB
>>>"supporters" are willing to have their daughters
>>>turned to evil too.
>>>---------
>>>
>>> >>>href="http://www.cofchrist.org/wc2007/legislation07/H
>-
>>1
>>>.asp">http://www.cofchrist.org/wc2007/legislation07/H
>-
>>1
>>>.asp
>>>
>>>World Church Peace and Justice Committee
>>>Andrew Bolten
>>>Matthew Bolton
>>>----------
>>>
>>>Submitted by Lois
>>
>>
>>Lois, I wonder what Matthew Bolton thinks of Paul's
>>comment in the third chapter of Romans: "All have
>>sinned and fallen short of the glory of God."
>>
>>Every unrepentant sinner in the world has a good
>>reason to diss the church of Jesus Christ.
>>
>>When I was an unrepentant lifestyle-sinner, and in it
>>up to my eyeballs -- (that's what "lifestyle" means)
>>-- I found fault with the communion ritual of my own
>>church.
>>
>>'We know, O Lord, that we are not worthy to gather up
>>the crumbs under thy table...."
>>
>>My response to this was similar to Bolton's: "You've
>>got some nerve expecting me to say this **#)_#$!"
>>That's the trouble with promoting sin in a Christian
>>church. In a real Christian church, there are already
>>too many former sinners who have given up
>>homosexuality, adultery, drug abuse, fornication,
>>stealing, etc. They don't want to do it any more, but
>>don't describe themselves as nonsinners, or righteous,
>>because once a person becomes an alcoholic, he's an
>>alcoholic forever, whether he drinks or not. And sin
>>is like that too. Once someone sins, he is a sinner.
>>Just because he stops sinning with the help of Jesus'
>>saving grace and the transforming power of the Holy
>>Spirit does not make him a nonsinner. And all the
>>sober AA members know all the sick little
>>self-justifications that the sinner uses to proclaim
>>himself "good enough." It's rather like AA. Those who
>>have been around long enough to actually be
>>sober can see right through those very denials and
>>self-justifying arguments-to-no-one.
>>
>>George
>
>Alas, Matthew Bolton is young. Maybe he will come out
>of it. But it is really doubtful since he is a part of
>an institution which is ripe in iniquity. His parents
>could possibly be heartsick over his assertion that he
>learned "bile" at home. But unfortunately, they must
>take a great deal of blame since they also are part of
>an institution which is "ripe in iniquity".
>
>Lois

Lois, I agree. God can save anybody, anywhere, and keep them saved in any environment. However, God's power is not the problem. The saved's ability to cooperate with that power is the problem. Deliberately placing oneself in an environment in which sin is celebrated, promoted, and glorified creates a gradient that works against the sinner even realizing that he is a sinner. Sinners in those sorts of environments think that their life is rotten because bad people don't like them, and that they are having bad luck on top of that.

I had bad luck and was persecuted by evil people for about twenty years until I realized that I was actually just as bad as the bad people, and I was only reaping what I had been sowing.

In short, when a sinner in denial finds a haven in which he is told that there is nothing to deny and is told that he has no difficulties that cannot be blamed on persecution from mostly imaginary people, hopefully he will eventually wake up to the reality that that his new found friends are friends because they are just as bad as he is.

But there is hope for Matthew Bolton, because God is more powerful that you or I can even imagine.

George

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