I love Jesus, this is my faith, I'm very conservative, at the same time I don"t want my Bishop, my Priest, to be a GAY person.
2007-10-12 14:03:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Are you sure? Your statements make you seem attracted to Drama(!).
The Episcopal church has decided that each Bishop can decide whether or not to ordain a gay person, and most have decided on a case-by-case basis to do so. If YOUR not in sync with that, you could become Roman Catholic, where all your priests and bishops will be unmarried and supposedly celibate, but the gay bars I've been to have been lousy with priests. So you get an honest priest in the Episcopal Church or a closeted one in the Catholic Church. You choose.
2007-10-12 14:09:27 · answer #1 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am sorry friend. You are not ready for "pure spiritual faith" and you not love Jesus enough given you still have prejudice, condemnation, judgment, unforgiveness and a lack of beneficence. As Jesus said: "Condemn not and you shall not be condemned, etc,..give and you shall be given, etc,..."
It appears you must remain one of Christ's sheep or worshippers rather than one of those who "Follow Me".
In Greek (whatever), there are the words for love: eros, filo and agape. Filo is filial love or love from people or animals and agape is pure boundless self-sacrificing love, the love that is God.
I once heard (it may not be true), at the end of the Gospel of John, Jesus asked Peter "do you agape me" and Peter could only respond "you know I filo you".
Free yourself of your ignorance and the log in your eye towards gay people and you will be able to agape Jesus and be like a saviour.
Otherwise, remain a sheep, living by instinctual love.
Do not fear, for He loves you, if when you cannot give the same love He gives you to others.
2007-10-12 14:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by element 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus says " be ye not partakers of another man's sin" and He says " come from among them".
What more do you need to know ? Read your Word every day so that you can be approved by God. You need to know the Word for yourself, so that you don't have to come on here and ask those important questions. God can speak to you through His Word.
2007-10-12 14:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why wouldn't you hook up with a real church like Calvary Chapel or the like .Where you're going to learn about the Bible and not a bunch of man made regulations?
2007-10-12 14:10:04 · answer #4 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you love Jesus you had better read his words, and develop a bit of tolerance?
2007-10-12 14:08:22 · answer #5 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't let it get you so workedup. Afetr all, no matter what faith, it's all fairy stories
2007-10-12 14:09:51 · answer #6 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋