The one that landed with the gear up was 298 I believe <| sep |> Conversation ? Don ' t u have m 8 ' s ? <| sep |> I have no idea what you ' re talking about <| sep |> You don ' t have to read this entire comment , I understand that it ' s an incredibly lengthy essay . Only the first 3 paragraphs are necessary . The last part is merely a more comprehensive laying out of my reasoning , purely for anyone who ' s curious . Ah I understand , I appreciate the clarification . I hope I didn ' t sound presumptuous , as I tried to make sure I added ' if that ' s the case ' as the proper qualifier for my response . I don ' t claim the ability to see into people ' s hearts so if anything I wanted to probe a bit more than anything . However , I suppose the next clarification i ' d be interested in is what exactly you mean by love all other humans regardless of their sins ? I completely agree that we should love our neighbor as ourself , but I also recognize that rebuke and calling to repentance is actually a loving action , provided that one doesn ' t attempt to glorify hisher self in doing so . Through the call for repentance , the Holy Spirit can bring conviction of sin to people , which is a desirable thing indeed . Not saying you wouldn ' t agree with me on that , but you ' d have to admit that a large majority of Christians would rather advocate for tolerance as opposed to rebuke . As for your very last statement , I would have to strongly disagree with you Christians are commanded to practice discernment , and I recognize that even the Bible presents categories whereby one can more strongly rebuke certain sinful actions . Perhaps where the confusion is coming from , lies in recognizing the distinctions between the eternal consequence of sin as a whole , versus the more penal consequences which can vary depending upon the nature of the sin being committed . For example , we know that the Old Testament says that the wages of sin is death . However , why did Adam and Eve not immediately die after sinning ? It ' s because that verse was speaking the spiritual deadness that sin inflicted within mankind upon entering into the world . Going on that same example , we also clearly see that penal punishments were brought by God as well . He cursed men to work and labor until they die , knowing that their labor is essentially for naught . He cursed woman with pain in childbearing , as well as the constant coveting of their husband ' s authoritative position , yet never being able to achieve dominance . Now we can also see that thoughout the system of Levitical Law , that the nature of sinful violations was described much differently than others . Eating unclean foods only rendered a person unclean for a short amount of time , usually accompained with a ceremonial washing on the last day of uncleanliness . However , when you read about the shedding of innocent blood , the Law speaks of the blood guilt spreading throughout the land like an infection , causing punishments to come upon the entire land as a whole , not just the violating party . So certain categories of moral violations wrought penal atonement as well that , more or less , ' fit the crime '. NOTE I am not in the least bit insisting that we are still under the covenant of Law I fully understand that God ' s people are under the covenant of Grace . I am simply pointing out that we would be ignoring important distinctions if we make the blanketstatement that all sin is equal . The unsaved person is not part of the Covenant of Grace , hence their sin will still be judged according to the Law which means that they are merely increasing their condemnation unless they repent .