Christian blogger Tom Gilson said in a post last
week that he often hears people say that in future years, Christians will be
ashamed about how the church opposed same-sex marriage. That statement caught my eye, not because it
is speaking out in favor of homosexuality, but because it shows that there are
God-believing people who believe that homosexuality cannot be condemned, and can
even be favorable, in the sight of God.
Unfortunately, this doesn’t even begin to describe
the gravity of the problem. There was a
billboard that was circulating for a while that said “Jesus affirmed a gay
couple.” The minister that was originally going to pray at President Obama’s
second inauguration, Louie Giglio, backed out due to some criticism he received
for “anti-gay” comments he had made in some sermons about 15 years ago. Perhaps the most upsetting part of this was
the president’s inaugural committee’s statement: “[We] were not aware of Pastor
Giglio’s past comments at the time of his selection.” There was a time when it would go without
saying that a minister of God’s word would be against homosexuality. That is no longer the case. As a matter of fact, last year the
Presbyterian Church decided to allow openly gay men and lesbian women to be
ministers. In 2009, the Episcopalian
Church appointed its second gay minister.
The same year, the Lutheran Church voted to allow gay clergy, so long as
they are “monogamous.”
Clearly, this is an issue. To those who may be reading this and aren’t
familiarized with homosexuality as it pertains to scripture, allow me to clear
it up for you.
Romans 1:26-28: “For this reason God
gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural
relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up
natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another,
men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due
penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God
gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.”
1 Corinthians 6:9: “Or do you not know
that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who
practice homosexuality.”
1 Timothy 1:9-10: “understanding this,
that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient,
for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike
their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who
practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is
contrary to sound doctrine.”
Also, the billboard that I mentioned
earlier had a scripture reference: Matthew 8:5-13. In Matthew 8:5-13, Jesus healed a
centurion. It has absolutely nothing to
do with homosexuality.
Are you a little confused? You should be. After all, why would all of those people who
claim to follow God be openly endorsing something that is blatantly contrary to
His word? The answer is simple. They aren’t truly loyal to God. There is unfortunately a heart disease that
is quite prevalent, and it really is not a new disease, although the symptoms
have changed somewhat. I like to call it
peculiaphobia. It presents itself in
God-believing people who know that God exists and that they should be pleasing
Him, but they don’t want to be those weird religious radicals who condemn
everybody. So they find creative ways to
justify joining the sinful progression of the culture. Christians have always been called to make
difficult choices; to stand out when it’s difficult. It’s time to make a choice: will we follow
the sinful culture’s sexual liberation movement? Or will we stand with our Lord and
Savior? I’ve made my choice, it’s time
for you to make yours.
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