John 8:2-11 NLT
but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them.As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery.The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger.They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!”Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman.Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”“No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.” ---------
How do we find a balance of loving people living sinful lives and hating sin?
With a FULL MEASURE of BOTH LOVE AND TRUTH!
Romans 5:8 NIV
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Leviticus 20:10 NIV
“ ‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
Deuteronomy 22:22-24 NIV
If a man is found sleeping with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with heryou shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the young woman because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 17:6-7 NIV
On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.The hands of the witnesses must be the first in putting that person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 19:15-19 NIV
One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crimethe two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelitethen do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party. You must purge the evil from among you.
How to Love your LGBT Neighbor
This article is by Becket Cook: the author of “A Change of Affection: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Redemption”.
https://www.boundless.org/blog/how-to-love-your-lgbt-neighbor-during-pride-month-and-every-month/
How Should Christians Respond to Pride Month
This article of from The Rebelution
https://www.therebelution.com/blog/2021/06/how-should-christians-respond-to-pride-month/
How Should Christians Respond to Pride Month?
This podcast is from Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
https://billygraham.org/story/how-should-christians-respond-to-pride-month/
How Should Christians Respond to Pride Month?
This article is from "GotQuestions.org"
https://www.gotquestions.org/Pride-Month.html