Pulpit Language

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On Fri, 6 Sep 1996 02:59:51 -0400, you wrote:

>Here's a question that I hope brings more light than heat:

We had better hope ! :) But I feel the hope is in vain :)

>What does everybody think about preachers referring to people as "whores"
>"fags" or "twinkies" while preaching?  I find myself wondering if a
>homosexual desiring freedom from that lifestyle would feel enough love in
>such tactics as to want to serve God.  Any comments?

Identifying sin as sin, and the purveyors of filth as specifically
what they are is not CONTRARY to the Love of God, it is CONSISTENT
with the Love of God.

People do not "decide to serve God" in spite of their sins. They
receive revelation regarding their horrifying condition, and undertake
a little understood process called REPENTANCE.

The MERCY of GOD consists in this, that while the REAL and TERRIBLE
condition of sin does indeed afflict mankind, and in particular
twinkies and fags and whores, that GOD did NOT yet destroy them in
their sins. In FACT, God was SO merciful that He set a grat plan in
order so that, through not only one sacrifice, but also thr sacrifice
of the self-will and life of the preacher used to deliver the light of
truth, that SINNER could see clearly the advantage to beating a quick
path to Calvary, for cleansing AND deliverance.

Anyone who feels they need a human being to become a silent partner in
their sin, to "feel the Love of God" is not seeking God at all, but
rather a reflection of the idol that already binds them.

The ONLY place to begin a walk with God is in the death of repentace,
and that faith can only come from receiving the same revelation that
Abel, Job, David, Isaiah, Peter and you and I have received that is:
"I am HOPELESS without God, if there is ANY HOPE for me, it is in His
mercy that I will trust in".

Contrary to popular opinion, the preacher does not represent GOD. The
ministry of reconciliation and the ambassage of Christ is given to us
all, but the foolishness of preaching is to deliver the WORD. Tell me
where the WORD ever provided for accomodating sin, and 

Should we take it easy on Alcoholics, or adulterers. How about
druggies, witches, or liars. Maybe false prophets need to "feel love",
and while we are at it, maybe thats whats wrong with Hollywood, and
why they cant tell one part of the anatomy from the other. They dont
"feel love", thats the problem! ....  No, they "feel love". 

What they dont feel is REAL love, which is born in truth and consumes
the spirit that leads men into destruction through lies and
half-hearted imaginations.

Remember the scripture: it is the anointing which breaks the yoke, not
the yoke which permits the anoiniting.