Mukiri wrote:
@Drobos.. lelax omera! Imagine when they saw Jesus Christ receiving pedicure from a prostitute, or dining with a tax collector.. Binguni tunaenda! Judge not
Accusing someone of judging you is no excuse not to be told you are doing the wrong thing!
If it's wrong, it's wrong whether you like it or not! Take it or leave it, it's all up to you.
It's more than a concern when you claim to be an ardent follower of God's word but you don't seem to know the word of God since in some instances you choose your own ways over it. I'm going to lay it very, very hard and cold because it is better you never knew Christ and fell away than to know Christ and then fall away. There's a good reason the bible says that. (2 Peter 2:21)
When Jesus was at the well with the prostitute, He said your sins are forgiven, go and sin no more (John 8:11). Jesus doesn't compromise on anything there, He explicitly instructs her to sin no more failure to which would be an act of disobedience. We all know that the wages of sin is death. Mukiri you deceive yourself on that, disobedience precedes death. A repentant prostitute will have eternal life & basically anyone who repents of their wicked ways and turns to Christ, doesn't matter their past but a compromising or double-minded believer will not see the kingdom of God no matter how much you keep lying to yourself.
Now about the tax collector,
Luke 19:8 says,
"Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold"Both accounts of the prostitute and the tax collector have shown that there was a followup action of repentance (leaving their old ways and embracing a new righteous lifestyle and never returned to their old ways in a compromising instance). So your argument holds no water just a deception in you mind.
If you were reading the word of God you would know that in Gal 5:19 says,
"Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God." Lewd: (of behaviour, speech, dress, etc.) sexual in an obvious and rude way.
The bible is very clear on how someone who leads a righteous life is to conduct themselves and it has been said in Matthew 7:14,
"But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it." It did not mince it's words when saying this.
If you have come across Colossians 3:8-10, then you'd know that you are actually toying in sin, nothing to relax about there.
"But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,...."I'm not going to beat about the bush with you and lie to you it is a joking matter, you have been asked to put off the old man and walk in righteousness. You can clearly see the responses to your comment they are not approving, they are disapproving you! Really sad that they have to point it out to you as if your conscience has been seared. You cannot please God and the world, one will have to be your master. That's shameful because you are supposed to be Christ's representative in righteousness not bring on shame upon His ways. There's only one who brings shame upon righteousness.
Let's just test whether that joke is filthy or not, imagine yourself in your church on a Sunday service and you are asked to share that in front of the entire congregation, does it edify anyone or does it bring on embarrassment and shame?
One thing, the word of God is not up for debate, if you can't follow it don't deceive others that you can occasionally compromise and still receive eternal life. You are either working out your salvation with fear and trembling and pleasing God or you pleasing man. You cannot please both on that account whether you believe it or not.