I heard Cindy McCain came out in favor of homosexual marriage. She doesn't want to promote hate. Then should we legalize child molestation, murder, theft, and date rape so we are careful not to promote hatred toward the perpetrators? I sort of expect there to be a movement that says we cannot have cancer surgery becuase tumors have feelings and what extreme hatred is being expressed to them when we cut them out and throw them away. Absurd? A few years ago it was absurd to think that someone would try to promote the rights of men to have sex with boys, but now when the idea is brought up we have to think about it!!
If I can be blunt let me say this. Homosexuality is unnatural. It doesn't benefit society. It doesn't propagate the human race. It is not marriage because the consummating act of marriage is when the appropriate parts of men and women join together as they are designed to do.
As for the hate issue. We should hate child molestation. We should hate murder. We should hate date rape, adultery, back-biting and fits of anger. And we should hate homosexuality. I know homosexuals, adulterers, back-biters and people who have raging anger and I do not want any of them to enter eternal damnation. If I love them I will plead with, pray for and share with them that their behavior is the broad road that leads to destruction. I am not perfected in that love at this point, but am currently asking for the heart of my Heavenly Father toward all of these.
Romans 12:9 tells us to let love be without hypocrisy. The love spoken of here is that agape love that is defined in I Corinthians 13. Romans goes on to say that in order not to have hypocritical agape love we must "Abhor" what is evil. Abhor is a deep hatred. We must abhor what is evil if our love is not to be hypocritical. And we must cling to what is good. It seems like in general we do not hate evil and because of that we are not holding fast, clinging to what is good and the good is slipping out of sight.
There seems to be a continual movement to redefine Christianity so it is culturally relevant. Listening to some of the preachers from my youth (i.e. Leoanrd Ravenhill and others), I heard the statement made the world is not looking for a new definition of Christianity, but a new demonstration of Christianity. We need to find God's expression of laying down our lives for those that disagree with us while maintaining a hatred for evil activities.
Just like it would be absurd to coddle a cancer and assure it we will do no harm to it because it has its rights, while it continues to grow and bring destruction. It is also wrong and unloving to let someone think their unrighteous behavior is equally acceptable with all other behavior before a Holy God and equally beneficial to society.
Friday, January 22, 2010
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