God's love.Dear editor, Having read R. S. McKegney's letter (Losing Anglicanism September Journal), one must continue to "wonder what the Anglican church is coming to." God does love us all, for he created us for fellowship with himself. When we come to him, he does . accept us where we are, but he does not want us to stay there, in our carnal carnal adjective Referring to the flesh, to baser instincts, often referring to sexual “knowledge” , immoral and sinful nature. Through sanctification sanc·ti·fy tr.v. sanc·ti·fied, sanc·ti·fy·ing, sanc·ti·fies 1. To set apart for sacred use; consecrate. 2. To make holy; purify. 3. , he calls us to repentance and holiness. Yes, gays and lesbians must be welcome in the church, as are all sinners, but it is the purpose of all the church's members to repent re·pent 1 v. re·pent·ed, re·pent·ing, re·pents v.intr. 1. To feel remorse, contrition, or self-reproach for what one has done or failed to do; be contrite. 2. of their immorality IMMORALITY. that which is contra bonos mores. In England, it is not punishable in some cases, at the common law, on, account of the ecclesiastical jurisdictions: e. g. adultery. But except in cases belonging to the ecclesiastical courts, the court of king's bench is the custom morum, and (sin, rebellion, and disobedience), and to seek sanctification through the preaching and hearing of the Word. To say that a sinner cannot change (be sanctified sanc·ti·fy tr.v. sanc·ti·fied, sanc·ti·fy·ing, sanc·ti·fies 1. To set apart for sacred use; consecrate. 2. To make holy; purify. 3. ) is to limit the power of God in one's life; thus denying the reason and purpose of Jesus Christ--his life, death, resurrection, and redemption. Alan MacGowan Red Bank, N.B. |
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