Hollies for the Holy (Part 1 of many)


Holies for the Holy  (part 1 of many) 

I will start to talk more openly about issues I have been hearing about lately in an attempt to tackle them as faithfully as I can with my poor knowledge.
Youth who are tempted by sexual temptations in all its different shapes and ranks, when they come to the church and see sermon-level people behaving well (the people who know how to raise up their hands high enough to reach heaven, who close their eyes while they are praying, who beat their chest)--these tempted youth just reach a point where they would say to themselves, "you know what buddies, it is not for us to be here."

They would go away without return.

My beloved if these sermon-level people were holy enough they would contain you in their heart. They cannot be holy if they do not seek YOUR salvation. They cannot be real holy creatures without YOU. Holiness is the unity of the church with ALL its members, the healthy and the unhealthy.
No matter where you  are in the temptation path, we cannot be holy with you. The question now is, would you come to the church while still under these severe temptations? Jesus answers, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” (Mark 2: 17).
The door of the churches are open to you and the fathers in each church are waiting for you so we can become a whole body without missing one member. We cannot be whole and holy with out you my beloved.

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