I recently read an essay by a Christian who thought Jesus might reply to a modern Chick-Filet protestor as He did the woman caught in adultery in John 8:1-11. First, nobody is talking about stoning same sex marriage advocates. Furthermore, there is a more important distinction between the woman caught in adultery and the modern homosexual movement that was neglected. The woman caught in adultery was not marching in “Adultery Pride” parades. She had a sense of shame and knew her act was wrong, she was repentant. I cannot say the same about the Chick Filet protesters. The Bible is crystal clear on this issue: “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 Co 6:9) Notice that homosexuals are not singled out, it includes unrepentant sinners of all stripes. I wish these protestors would understand that the issue for Christians is not personal. We love God and if you love God, you will also hate what God hates. It is not matter of Christians hating dysfunctional people rather hating unrepentant homosexuality and for good reason because it will lead people to eternal hell.
Thus, we hate sin. The homosexual might ask why it it a sin? We could cite the bible from Romans 1:24-32 or 1 Corinthians 6:9 but I have found it unsatisfying because it seems sort of like “Because God said so.” While that ought to be good enough, we all have a tendency to question such pronouncements with “Why?” For that reason, I ground it in the creation order. It simply cannot be argued against that there is a definite biological order, indeed a necessity, when it comes to sexuality. Same sex attraction is obviously a violation of this order and purpose.
Because God has communicated real propositional truth to man in the Bible concerning this issue. It follows necessarily that the antithesis of God’s truth is false and this is the basis of what Francis Schaeffer called “taking the roof off.” The idea is that secular presuppositions invariably contain an incoherence that when pressed, lead to an absurd and intolerable conclusion. Without this realization, the unbeliever lives comfortably under a roof of irrational beliefs which shield him from the outside world. When the roof is removed, reality comes crashing in. One could use a reductio ad absurdum to take the roof off the idea that this is a healthy behavior as follows:
You say this is normal and healthy behavior and that we should all accept it as such.
If that is so then all normal healthy behaviors should be beneficial if universally adopted.
So as a thought experiment, let it be universally adopted and let’s ask how would man fare?
In one generation, the human race would cease to exist.
Therefore, there is a flaw in the idea that this is a normal healthy behavior.
The roof has collapsed and this is highly suggestive that the DSM II was correct in diagnosing this as a sexual attraction disorder. God forbade it for a reason, it is not simply an arbitrary rule meant to spoil someone’s fun. The principle point here is that there is a creation order and this behavior is a perversion of God’s intention for humans. It’s the behavior and the prideful attitude about it that we find offensive, not the mere proclivity, we all struggle with a sin nature. What I hate is the idea of giving in and calling it normal.
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I’ve really been fired up about this controversy. The stories from the Friday Kiss-off are that is was a big dud; a gigantic egg was laid by the militant GLBT crowd, which is what I expected. Deep down they are shameful cowards who know they have made a deviant, rebellious, and unnatural choice, and when they lay their head on the pillow it at, that’s what they are thinking about.
I agree, I doubt they will ever have peace of mind even if they get what they say they want.
Everyone seems to be forgetting, Father is judge. Not you, not me. We are here to save souls, let God do the condemning.
Thomas,
No one is forgetting, that is a common fallacy used by people who aren’t very familiar with the Bible. How would you explain, “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.” (1 Co 2:14-15) We must make judgements or we would be fools. While ultimate judgments are in God’s hands we certainly should make judgments concerning current events and obvious unrepentant sin like this.
Thomas,
Joh 7:24 Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment.
Very well said, Chris.
The Russian Government is sewing pop/porn star Madonna for millions of Pounds for the promotion of Homosexuality at her recent concert in St Petersburg In a sense The Russian Gov judged her action and I must agree with them.. This lead me to look more into Russia, its politics and religious status To my surprise I found that The country is in a more sanctified condition than the US and west in general.. Marvellous is in’t The Russian Church which was once persecuted by communism is in full bloom have a resurrected liberty to preach the Gospel.
Praise God for that!
john b
I forgot to mention that Madonna was the source for punk group Pussy riot desecrating the St Petersburg cathedral.
for which they were jailed.. I do not think that the west would even consider such action if one of our churches was desecrated…