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From: kae@ihuxl.UUCP (Alan Edwards)
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Subject: Re: Church Discipline and Gay Christians
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Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 22:08:38 EST
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> Re: Judgement Part II - Church Discipline and Gay Christians

    Another scripture is in I Corinthians 6:9-11 were Paul says:

	 9 Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit
	   the kingdom of God?  Be not deceived: neither fornicators,
	   nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers
	   of themselves with men,

	10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers,
	   nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

	11 And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye
	   were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of
	   the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

    Paul tells us that "the unrighteous shall not inherit the
  kingdom of God" in verse 9 and then goes on to list some sins
  that we need to be aware so that we're "not deceived".

    Then in verse 11, Paul says that some of them were like this.
  Paul using the word "were" certainly leads us to believe that
  they had changed and weren't the same!

    Why aren't they in that unrighteous state?  Paul says, they
  were washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of Jesus and
  in the Spirit of God.

    Certainly, it must have been more important to the people
  of that day to put aside their worldly pleasures for an inheritance
  in the kingdom of God!

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 -Alan Edwards
  IH 4B-402 x4033
  (ihuxl!kae)