Therefore if the sinner is not repentant, the whole saying of "Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin" really means nothing.
I was always taught that I must remove the plank from my eye before I remove the splinter out of my brothers'.
2006-07-16 05:24:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, Apparently it does according to TommyG.
But what do I know.... I'm just a moron
2006-07-16 05:33:03 · answer #1 · answered by Jack Meoff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John 3:16-21 God loved us we must also love others. Doesn't mean we condone what the "sinners"do Sin is still sin and must be repented. Read also Matthew 18:15 -17
2006-07-16 12:33:56 · answer #2 · answered by I-o-d-tiger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Love God with all your heart and soul. Then, love everyone else with your heart and soul. The removing of the plank is intended for the sinner to ask for forgiveness, but you can be above that and forgive without their asking, thus loving the sinner, but not condoning the act.
2006-07-16 12:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by Greenwood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard "Love the sinner only if he is repentant"....I've just heard "Love the sinner, not the sin".....and I've been surrounded by religion my whole life...where did you hear it?
2006-07-16 13:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by Led*Zep*Babe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should love everyone. if they have repented or not. the Hate the sin love the sinner is exactly how you should live.
2006-07-16 14:19:48 · answer #5 · answered by God's Servant 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love should be unconditional. You should love your Lord God, and love your neighbor as yourself.
If your love leads a sinner to repentance, so be it. If your love leads him from sin, so be it. But you are commdanded to love, not to judge.
2006-07-16 12:36:21 · answer #6 · answered by michael941260 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you should love everyone regardless what their relationship( or lack there of) is with God. Jesus didn't pick and choose who He loved. He loved everyone when He was on earth and still does now, from heaven. But, I won't be all high and mighty and say that I love everyone. I do try, but since I am no where near Jesus's perfection, it is very hard.
2006-07-16 12:51:43 · answer #7 · answered by proudmatriarch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indeed. What sin of what sinner of "in him[in Christ] there is no sin", nor any sinner, because in him there is no law to impute any sin? What sin of what sinner if all are in "Christ", in whom "that God" was in (2Cor 5:19), reconciling "the world" unto himself(the God of all grace), and notably by NOT (law) imputing any sin, no, not even to "them" of them/us?
Indeed, let us remove the Law of Law/Law, which is to even say remove the Law of Law/Grace: For in "the end" we're told to "endure unto", to be "saved"(only) by "grace"(only), in "the end" already written there is no mention of Law: Sin & Death followed by hell. And thereby no mention of sin or sinners, since only law imputes sin, which makes sinners all by the curse of the law.
The "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
2006-07-16 12:37:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you are to forgive the sinner who sinned against you no matter if he/she repents or not. leave it for god to deal with them.
2006-07-16 12:30:47 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The commandment love your neighbour as yourself, doesn't exclude sinners.
2006-07-16 12:29:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I try to use a bit of common sense about the people I choose to be friends with.
If someone wants to talk to me about their sins, I'd be open, but I'd advise them that they really ought to talk to God.
God can handle it.
2006-07-16 12:33:57 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋