Christianity is not the enemy of the LGBT community

(1 John 4:8) "To know God is to know love,for God is love." So, what is love? (1 Corinthians 13:1-8) 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. https://en.m.wikipedia.org... This chapter of Corinthians is one of a few definitional sources for the word "agape" when used to refer to divine love. Agape: "love": the highest form of love, charity; the love of God for man and of man for God." Not to be confused with "phileo" - brotherly love - agape embraces a universal, unconditional love that transcends, that serves regardless of circumstances." https://en.m.wikipedia.org... https://en.m.wikipedia.org... * A journalist of Time Magazine has described John 3:17 as "one of the most famous and well known Bible verses. It has been called the 'Gospel in a nutshell' because it is considered a summary of the central doctrines of Christianity." The verb translated "loved" in this verse is "egapesen", past tense of "agapeo". "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." (John 3:17) https://en.m.wikipedia.org... * (A short vid clip about love in accordance with the Bible.)- http://youtu.be... * There are gay churches and churches with focuses on welcoming the LGBT community. http://www.gaychurch.org... * The Pharisee priests, who were very religious and judgemental attacked Christ, and He rebuttled them many times. Here are examples of those rebuttles. -(Matthew 12:34) "You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." -(Matthew 21:31) “Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you." * The Pharisee priests brought a woman caught in "sexual sin" to Jesus yelling a screaming and calling her an adulterer, sinner, etc. They demanded an answer from Jesus on how to deal with her. Here is His response. (John 8:7) "So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." He who is without sin"(Video reference) http://youtu.be... * Romans 5:18) "Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." (Romans 9:16) "So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy." (Romans 11:6) "But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace." (Galatians 5:4) You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. * Jesus tells a story- (Luke 18:10-14) 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’" 14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” * Ellen Degenerous(of the LGBT community)- "Our flaws are what makes us human." * (Eph. 2:8-9) "For BY GRACE are ye SAVED THROUGH FAITH; and that NOT OF YOURSELVES: it is the GIFT of God: NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast." * The Pharisee priests challenged Christ and He gave a direct, blunt rebuttle: Which of the two did what his father wanted?" "The first," they answered. Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you." (Matthew 21:31) * And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.(Mark 2:17)