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BIBLE LESSON ALERT:
Possessed, Titus 3:5 --- Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Ephesians 2:8-9 --- For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast!
Romans 3:20 -- Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
Acts 13:9 -- Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.
Romans 3:28 -- Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Galations 5:6 -- For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Galations 2:16 -- Know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
2 Timothy 1:9 -- He has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.
1 Corinthians 1:30-31 -- God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. Therefore, as the Scriptures say, "If you want to boast, boast only about the LORD."
Romans 11:16 -- And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
Titus 3:3-7 -- At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
Conclusion: Possessed, there is nothing of yourself that you can "do" to become perfect in God's eyes. In the Christian faith, the only one to be that was Jesus Christ. I could've kept going on and on showing you Biblical evidence that you considering something "weird" and making human judgments is not Godly; rather, it is a WORLDLY thing that you're doing. It's fine and dandy that you're doing it, but just know that when "Christians" do this, they're not being Christian; they're being of the WORLD. People use the Bible to justify their personal angst and agitations of the world, to make themselves feel holier than the next person. If they took a closer, more objective look at the Bible, BOTH testaments, they'd see that the Bible is a complete piece that chronicles the "imperfect" characteristics of human beings, whom, according to Christianity, are made PERFECT and complete by believing in Jesus Christ, simple and plain. The Old Testament clearly shows that there is NO ROOM, whatsoever, for a person (a HUMAN) to judge another human from a "Godly perspective, because they are not God, and because ALL have fallen short of Glory. If you're judging another human being, it will be from a WORLDLY perspective, and it would not be wise to couple religion with this worldly judgment and claim that it is some Christian justification. I'm not sure how it is with other religions, but from what I've gathered and from the evidence that I've presented, this is undoubtedly the case. As the Bible says, if we want to boast then boast about Jesus Christ's love, but not about how "they're weird and I'm not weird," which leads me to my closing scripture for you:
James 2:2-4 -- Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, "Here's a good seat for you," but say to the poor man, "You stand there" or "Sit on the floor by my feet," have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? <<< This scripture is about favoritism, Possessed. The same frame of mind should be applied to gay people. Just a Christian heads-up.