I hope you will bear with me as I weigh in on the recent court decision concerning gay marriage. Believers, understand this, God loves the homosexual. He loves everyone (John 3:16) and He is no respecter of persons. Yes, He hates sin, but He loves the sinner, regardless of their choices, mistakes, or even outright depravity. He expects the believer to love unconditionally just the same. As a matter of fact He says if we do not love, we do not belong to Him, because He is Love. Folks, there is no room for spite in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Though it does say in the bible to love everyone regardless of their race, skin color, gender, and yes, even sin, nowhere in the bible does it say that we are to accept them for who they choose to be or what they choose to do. Jesus met the woman at the well and loved her when no one else would, but He did not accept who she chose to be. He told her to go and sin no more. Peter preached, "repent" as did Paul and the rest. Sin separates man from God. It is not necessarily hate or prejudice that causes one to oppose sin. God hates sin for what it does to the sinner. If one truly loves another, he will despise the sin that
weighs that person down and leads to destruction. Pointing out ones sin in that perspective is therefore an act of love not hate.
Yes all sin is equal in that it all separates man from God. As far as societal sins though Paul says when men lie with men and women with women, that society has reached the epitome of total depravity (Romans 1). It is not to say that the homosexual is any more a sinner than the adulterer or liar. It is simply an indicator of the depravity of the society that approves it.
The Supreme Court has not said its ok to lie, cheat, commit adultery, or murder (well, except for in Roe v Wade). The church is not campaigning against those other sins because society has not put their stamp of approval on them. The Supreme Court has for whatever reason though redefined sin in this instance and has taken upon themselves to proclaim homosexuality is not sin. They have usurped Gods decree with their own assumption. It is not necessarily that the Christian is saying the sin of homosexuality is worse than other sins. They are simply saying it is sin and no amount of legislation or judicial rulings can change that. The church has not singled out the sin of homosexuality. The judiciary has.
As far as a persons right to choose their own lifestyle whether it be right or wrong, the church is not necessarily arguing against that either. The argument is against the government sanctioning it. The government doesn't sanction adultery or child abuse, but it does now sanction homosexual marriage.
Marriage was not created by man. It was created by God. Man therefore has no authority to define it let alone redefine it. The church had been sanctioned by God and the government for that matter to oversee and officiate marriages, therefore the church has a vested interest in this ruling. They are not overstepping their bounds by opposing the Supreme Court ruling. Marriage is very much the business of the church.
Now all that said, I'm not as shocked nor bothered by this ruling near as much as many others. This world is ruled by Satan, therefore this is to be expected. The world is not bound by Gods law. It is bound by the devil's.
Though I understand and even defend the church's rational for its opposition to homosexual marriage, I do not personally support the strategy of many. I believe the battle we fight is a spiritual battle, rather than a fleshly one. Politics does not influence society as much as society influences politics. Politics does not influence society's spiritual state as much as reflects it. This battle is not going to be won at the voting booth or on the picketing line. It will be won in the prayer closet and at the altar of repentance. Yes, I will vote my conscience and even campaign it, but that is not the answer. This country needs a spiritual awakening much more then a political revolution.
That was for what it's worth....
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