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Probably the target of the word.

 

I'm not sure.

We are commanded to be kind, to live in peace with all men, and to be careful not to offend people.

That said, it appears that people ate offended by our faith. But I guess that's something different.

 

We are not called to declare sin (to the world) but the gospel. Scripture tells us men know they sin...and life tells us this as well (even the atheist knows he falls short of his idea of righteousness).

I don't think God would command us to be kind, to act in a gentle manner, to live in peace with all men, and not to give offense if He did not mean it.

The issue is Christians often are less discriminate than they should be about where they cast their pearls.

 

We do against sin in our congregations, if applicable. Too often it seems congregations love hearing sermons about sin in the world but shrink back when sons in the congregation are addressed.

Scripture tells us that we are not to judge those outside of the church. That is not our duty as believers. Scripture tells us we are not to judge other congregations (again, that is not our duty).

We are to judge within our church.

The reason many want sermons about sins in the world or in other churches is that they are cowards, too cowardly to address sins in their church and their family and their hearts.

 

Odd. It isn't in Scripture. It was not how the Apostles shared the gospel. In the Bible sin may be mentioned, but it was not preached in evangelism.

 

I agree with your comments but not your conclusion.

Consider that I did NOT say we don't mention sin or even address sin when preaching the gospel.

I said the gospel does not preach sin.

Jesus did tell us that we are sinners. But we want to actually preach about these sins instead of sharing the gospel.

What do we need to provide as contest? Simply that we have all sinned (giving personal examples is good here) and because of this we die. But we can be reborn, that even though we die yet shall we live.

Then share the gospel.

 

You do mention the fact that people sin, and that the consequences of sin is death. You point out that if a man be on Christ, even though he will die yet shall he live (you don't word it that way but you communicate it to them).

Note that I never said we don't mention sin, or explain the consequences of sin. That was where Reynolds took it. We do provide a context for the gospel, which includes sin.

I said we are not called to preach sin to the world.

What I see way to much is Christians reveling in hate. They hate the people who sin (most of the time who live in sins they themselves never committed). They will say "hate the sin, not the sinner" (Scripture never divorces the sin from the sinner, BTW) but in practice they simply hate people.

This is evident in those who would delight in the murders at the LGBTQ club.

It is evident in many conversations here. Would you attend a gay wedding? Well, would you attend a wedding between a Christian woman and a non-Christian man? Personally, I would not desire to attend either.

 

Do you not find it interesting that the Bible tells us, tells us directly, NOT to preach sin to the World (to those "outside the church")?

We do provide a context. It is important to explain sin and its consequences. It is important to expound on the fact that those of us who are "in Christ", though we will die yet shall we live.

But this is preaching the gospel, not sin.