Barney Frank finally ties the knot today. Are you happy for him? Does this finally make him an honest man?

Christian ? Really ? Woops, I guess you forgot this part.

Luke 6:37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Luke 6:41 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?

John 8:7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

Romans 2:1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

Romans 14:10 You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat.

Romans 14:13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

James 4:11 Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

Not sure which version of the Bible you are using, I use the King James Version, though it is understandable that some may use a more modern version to have an easier read. No disrespect intended, just responding to the post, I believe that Gods loves the sinner, but hates the sin; as should we. We must ALL be careful of twisting Gods word to mean what we want them to, children often do this to their parents and since we are children of God, it is a similar situation. However, children's eternities is not in danger if they disobey their earthly parents. What I am posting here is an attempt to shine light on the gospel. In the end, we have free will and are all responsible for our actions.

Luke 6:37 Christ does not forbid one Christian from passing a judgment on the notorious actions of another, seeing the duty of reproof cannot be performed without it; but it is such a rash and censorious judging our brother, as is void of charity towards him, as is accompanied with contempt of him, especially if we have been guilty of the same or greater sins before him. So more to your point, if a person stands up against homosexuality and is a homosexual themselves, then they will be judged by that and held to a differing standard than someone who is not a homosexual and is merely pointing out the sin.

Luke 6:41, By the mote in our brother's eye, is meant some small and little sins discerned, or some sin suspected. By the beam in our own eye, some greater sin undiscerned. Now, says our Saviour, there is no greater sin of hypocrisy than to be curious in spying out the smaller faults of others, and at the same time indulge greater in ourselves.

John 8:7, "They continued asking him" They were determined to extort an answer from him, and showed a perseverance in evil which has been, unhappily, often imitated.

"Is without sin" That is, without this particular sin; he who has not himself been guilty of this very crime--for in this place the connection evidently demands this meaning


Romans 2:1, "Therefore", The force of this word here has been the subject of much discussion. The design of this and the following chapter is to show that the Jews were no less guilty than the Gentiles, and that they needed the benefit of the same salvation. This the apostle does by showing that they had greater light than the Gentiles, and yet that they did the same things. Still they were in the habit of accusing and condemning the Gentiles as wicked and abandoned; while they excused themselves on the ground that they possessed the law and oracles of God, and were his favourite people. The apostle here affirms that they were inexcusable in theft sins, that they must be condemned in the sight of God, on the same ground on which they condemned the Gentiles; to wit, that they had light, and yet committed wickedness. If the Gentiles were without excuse in their sins, much more would the Jew, who condemned them, be without excuse on the same ground. The word therefore, I suppose, refers not to any particular word in the previous chapter, or to any particular verse, but to the general considerations which were suggested by a view of the whole case. And its sense might be thus expressed: "Since you Jews condemn the Gentiles for their sins, on the ground that they have the means of knowing their duty, THEREFORE YOU, who are far more favoured than they, are entirely without an excuse for the same things."

Romans 14:10, "But why".--The original is more lively:--"But thou (the weaker believer), why judgest thou thy brother? And thou again (the stronger), why despisest thou thy brother?"
"for we shall all"--the strong and the weak together.
"stand before the judgment-seat of Christ"--All the most ancient and best manuscripts read here, "the judgment-seat of God." The present reading doubtless crept in from 2 Corinthians 5:10, where "the judgment-seat of Christ" occurs. But here "the judgment-seat of God" seems to have been used, with reference to the quotation and the inference in Romans 14:11-12.

Romans 14:13, "Let us not therefore judge one another" Since God is to judge us all, brethren should not condemn each other for differences of opinion over some untaught question.
"But judge this rather" Rather condemn severely throwing a stumbling-block in a brother's way. A stumbling-block is anything which might cause a brother to fall. Simply, if someone is an alcoholic, you wouldn't take them to a bar for lunch date.

I Corinthians 4:5, Our apostle's design in these words, is not to condemn all judgment of persons, words, or actions, or to oblige us to suspend our judging till the day of judgment; but only forbids rash censuring, unadvised, uncertain, and unseasonable judging of the hearts and final states of men. We may judge what what can be seen, but not what is hidden and unseen: for the judging of hidden things is referred to him from whom nothing is hidden.

To take upon us to judge the heart, or to judge that which does not appear, is to assume the office, and to take upon us the place of God: only he that is invisible can look into that which is invisible.

Observe farther, The person spoken of, who makes manifest the counsels of the heart, and brings to light the hidden things of darkness: it is Jesus Christ. Judge nothing till the Lord come, the Lord Jesus Christ.

A strong argument to prove the divinity of our blessed Saviour; he that has knowledge of the heart, of the secrets of the hearts of all men, and has all these subject to his judgment, is undoubtedly God. But Christ ascribes all this knowledge to himself, All the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts; and I will give to every one according to his works: (Revelation 2:23) therefore he is essentially and really God.

Observe lastly, What will be the issue and consequence of our Lord's knowing and judging the secrets of men: Then shall every one have praise of God; that is, every one shall have praise that is praiseworthy; every good man, though now dispraised and despised, though censured and condemned, though loaded with scandals and false reports, yet then every righteous man shall have praise from Christ the righteous Judge.

James 4:11, These words, as generally delivered by our apostle, are a dissuasive from the sin of detraction, or speaking evil of one another, either by secret whispering, or open backbiting; a very common but most unbecoming sin amongst Christians. What pleasure do some persons take in divulging the faults of others, in aggravating their faults, in defrauding them of their necessary excuse and mitigation, though at the same time they are conscious of it, by lessening their good actions through the supposition of their false aims and ends? It is an injurious and unworthy jealousy, when a person's actions are fair, to suspect his intentions, by mentioning his failings, but suppressing his worth and excellencies. It becomes Christians neither to give way to this growing evil themselves, nor give ear to it in others.

But there seems to be something special and particular in these words, which respects the Jews, to whom this epistle is directed; as if the apostle had said, "Give over your reproach and censoriousness against the Gentile Christians, who do not observe your ceremonial law, your feasts, your sabbath, your circumcision; for both the law of Christ, and the law of Moses, which you profess to own, do bind you to love your neighbor as yourself, and forbids such uncharitable censures; So that by condemning your brethren, you condemn the law, and set yourselves above it; and all this in contempt of the law, and the lawgiver, who is one, and is able both to save and to destroy."

There are some that are neither able to save nor to destroy; there are others able to destroy, but cannot save. Satan is a destroyer, but he cannot save any, nor can he destroy all; if he could, none should be saved. But there is a lawgiver, who can save and destroy, who can give life, and take it away, and both as often as he will. He can save those that obey his laws, and destroy all those that transgress them: therefore, seeing Christ and none but Christ, has authority to five laws, it is not for you to impose ceremonial observances upon your brethren, and to censure and judge them for not observing them, when Christ has set them at liberty from the observation of them.

With all this review, I simply believe that we all have temptations in our lives that we will answer for on the day of judgment. He who is tempted to steal, will be judged on whether stole and a person tempted to commit adultery, they will be judged on how they handled their temptations. Likewise, I believe the same of the homosexual, I don't despise or hate the homosexual, if I didn't pass on the word of God, I would be failing in my Christian duty, we are all sinners and are spiritually dead until rebirth in Christ.

As I stated earlier, there is no disrespect intended in these words, simply passing along the word and perhaps someone will will benefit from it.



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