moderndayoutsider:

to be perfectly honest i think i know why so many Christians have a hard time making sure they don’t treat/see people differently once they find out they struggle with a certain sin: it’s because so often we fricken decide to identify them by it

no, they are not a homosexual – they are a person who struggles with homosexuality

no they are not a drunkard/drunk – they are a person who struggles with drunkeness

no they are not a whore/slut/porn addict – they are a person who struggles with sexual immorality/a porn addiction

guys, how we word things is so incredibly important – especially in this context

In Romans 7 Paul talks about how sin dwelt within him, but he himself was not his sin – it was something he simply struggled with

if we’re commanded to love the individual but hate the sin, how the heck are we supposed to do that if we’re making them one and the same?

— romans 3.23, jude 1.22-23, romans 7.13-25