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To Our Friends and Neighbors in Branson
Vol. 17, No. 8 — Aug 2015
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We love homosexuals. You read it correctly. The church of Christ in downtown Branson loves not only homosexuals, but also fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, sodomites, thieves, the covetous, drunkards, revilers and extortioners. We love all unrighteous people. Why? Because we have also been guilty of unrighteousness: “… all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). But because God first loved the world, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16; 1 John 4:19), He, by His grace, has taught us how to become righteous (Titus 2:11-14). For this we should be eternally grateful and desire to share this soul saving information with others (Romans 1:16). The issue of homosexuality and same sex marriage is a moral issue. God’s laws concerning morals are everlasting. Moral laws never change. It has always been wrong to kill, steal, commit adultery, practice homosexuality, etc. From the beginning of time marriage has always been one man and one woman for life: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24; 1:27-28; Romans 7:2-3). Homosexuality is not a civil issue. Comparing it to the treatment of different races is like comparing apples to oranges. They are not the same thing. People have no decision over their race, but they do have the ability to abstain from or to commit