Good afternoon,<\/p>\nI need help. \u00a0My sister in Christ was baptized. \u00a0She has started a relationship with another woman. I\u2019ve taken her over to Leviticus chapter 18 and studied with her about this. \u00a0But she refuses to end the relationship. She\u2019s married to this woman and needs a place to stay. \u00a0I\u2019ve prayed about this I just don\u2019t know what to do. I want to be right with God.\nThank you,\n\t
“And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!” So then, those who had received his word were baptized<\/em>” (Acts 2:40-41).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Your sister only pretended to become a Christian. Repentance of sin is required before committing your life to Christ. She refuses to let go of the world and so remains in sin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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She\u2019s married to this woman and needs a place to stay. \u00a0I\u2019ve prayed about…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[52,35,50],"class_list":["post-25199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-baptism","tag-homosexuality","tag-repentance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60795,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-i-get-baptized-while-being-in-a-relationship\/","url_meta":{"origin":25199,"position":0},"title":"Can I get baptized while being in a relationship?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'm a 21-year-old male. 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