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Romans
8: 1 There
is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
This is a scripture that
gives me great comfort even when I feel that I am so far away from God.
But yet
again, I find myself tempted to think that I am at least better than others and
that my sin has a lesser magnitude. But I am reminded that there is no measure
for sin and that
8 If we say that we have no
sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have
not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1)
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus: (Romans
3)
Yesterday we had a conversation
about #MyParticulars at YMCA Central and I feel drawn to one particular issue
that came up that was on sexuality and gender roles. Sexuality is one delicate topic
that has been tossed aside when it makes us uncomfortable, yet we are so quick
to define gender roles without dealing with matters of gender identity.
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According to
Thesaurus.com Sexuality as a noun is defined as follows:
1.
sexual character;
possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
2.
recognition of or emphasis upon sexual matters.
3.
involvement in sexual
activity.
4. an organism's preparedness for engaging in sexual activity.
How many times do we sit with our children and
discuss the topic? How many churches will have a session about the same topic?
Do we wait for them to fall into ‘temptation’ or in my opinion self-explore for
you to throw stones at them?
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I say this with great concern because condemnation
is what we do best. When that girl comes home pregnant she is treated as the
worst sinner on earth, unlike the boy who is not reprimanded as much given that
he doesn’t carry the evidence of his sexual activity. We then again gather
around in groups to gossip when we lose our young ones to HIV/AIDs yet nobody
had compassion on them.
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This thing of saying keep off girls or keep off boys is what has given us the results we have so far. It is time to change tactics.
Sexuality and gender roles were instituted by God
and should be explained in the Biblical context for Christians. I understand
that in earlier years young men and women were taught how to grow into husbands
and wives.
This a training that I applaud despite it being discriminatory because
there are many things you can teach young people since life is not only about
marriage. However, it worked and there were few or no cases of marriage
breaking because of the dedication.
It is time we started training our children to be
men and women.
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As I conclude, I must mention that it is time we have compassion for those who can be termed as stray. Show love
to the girls on the streets, show love to those lost in Drugs and Alcohol
Abuse, show love to those in fornication, show love to those struggling with
gender identity and show love to all. The greatest thing that Jesus gave us was
love. And love with compassion will heal our children.
1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent
charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
1 John 4:8 He that loves not has not known God;
for God is love.
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