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Religious Freedom & Gay Marriage Cannot Coexist
Written on Thursday, April 18, 2013
by J. Matt Barber
Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. Psalm 73:6
Gay pride necessitates anti-Christian hate. It must. Gay marriage and other sexual orientation-based laws do violence to freedom and truth. They are the hammer with which the postmodern left intends to bludgeon bloody religious liberty and the Judeo-Christian sexual ethic.
According to the unequivocal moral precepts of the Judeo-Christian tradition explicit throughout both the Old and New Testaments homosexual behavior is sin. Sin is evil. Homosexual behavior is the central, defining characteristic of so-called gay marriage. Therefore, gay marriage is evil. Christians are obligated to avoid sin to do no evil.
I know; its not popular to speak such simple truths in todays politically correct world. But Im not out to win a popularity contest.
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Recently, one of Ms. Stutzmans frequent homosexual customers requested that she provide flower arrangements for his same-sex wedding. She politely declined, saying that her Christian conscience and relationship with Jesus Christ prevented her from any involvement with counter-Christian same-sex marriage. She was, quite simply, a Christian being Christian. The two hugged and parted ways.
Unfortunately, in our ever-progressive culture, being Christian has fast become a most dangerous proposition. As each homofascist demand is checked from liberals sin-centric wish list, it only gets worse.
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To homosexuals I say this: Yes, you are equal in Gods eyes. You are loved. These things are true, not because of your homosexual lifestyle, but, rather, they are true in spite of it.
Most homosexuals know intuitively, I think, that their lifestyle is unnatural and immoral and that the oxymoronic notion of same-sex marriage is a silly farce. Thus, they must force others to affirm both their self-destructive lifestyle and their mock marriages under penalty of law. They must physically compel everyone to engage their emperors new clothes delusion, so they can feel better about bad behavior.
Well, my friend, making everyone else call evil good and good evil wont fill that dark void in your soul. Only repentance and redemption through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ can do that.
When we give deviant sexual conduct preferred status in law, Christian morality becomes illegal. If you think government-recognized gay marriage is harmless to society, youre playing the fool. It places the Christian sexual ethic and free exercise of religion in direct conflict with law. Its my sense that many liberty-minded people are finally coming awake to this disturbing reality.
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Albert Einstein once said, Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
He was right.
Barronelle Stutzman followed this advice and though she currently faces government persecution for her choice she has also become an accidental hero. Pray for her. I know God will surely bless her faithfulness.
Still, know this: If you are a Christian in todays America, you too will almost certainly find yourself with a similar decision to make. When mans law violates Gods law, you will have to choose which to obey. Choosing God can mean persecution.
Ive made my choice.
How will you choose?
Read more: Religious Freedom & ?Gay Marriage? Cannot Coexist - Patriot UpdatePatriot Update
Written on Thursday, April 18, 2013
by J. Matt Barber
Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. Psalm 73:6
Gay pride necessitates anti-Christian hate. It must. Gay marriage and other sexual orientation-based laws do violence to freedom and truth. They are the hammer with which the postmodern left intends to bludgeon bloody religious liberty and the Judeo-Christian sexual ethic.
According to the unequivocal moral precepts of the Judeo-Christian tradition explicit throughout both the Old and New Testaments homosexual behavior is sin. Sin is evil. Homosexual behavior is the central, defining characteristic of so-called gay marriage. Therefore, gay marriage is evil. Christians are obligated to avoid sin to do no evil.
I know; its not popular to speak such simple truths in todays politically correct world. But Im not out to win a popularity contest.
...
Recently, one of Ms. Stutzmans frequent homosexual customers requested that she provide flower arrangements for his same-sex wedding. She politely declined, saying that her Christian conscience and relationship with Jesus Christ prevented her from any involvement with counter-Christian same-sex marriage. She was, quite simply, a Christian being Christian. The two hugged and parted ways.
Unfortunately, in our ever-progressive culture, being Christian has fast become a most dangerous proposition. As each homofascist demand is checked from liberals sin-centric wish list, it only gets worse.
...
To homosexuals I say this: Yes, you are equal in Gods eyes. You are loved. These things are true, not because of your homosexual lifestyle, but, rather, they are true in spite of it.
Most homosexuals know intuitively, I think, that their lifestyle is unnatural and immoral and that the oxymoronic notion of same-sex marriage is a silly farce. Thus, they must force others to affirm both their self-destructive lifestyle and their mock marriages under penalty of law. They must physically compel everyone to engage their emperors new clothes delusion, so they can feel better about bad behavior.
Well, my friend, making everyone else call evil good and good evil wont fill that dark void in your soul. Only repentance and redemption through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ can do that.
When we give deviant sexual conduct preferred status in law, Christian morality becomes illegal. If you think government-recognized gay marriage is harmless to society, youre playing the fool. It places the Christian sexual ethic and free exercise of religion in direct conflict with law. Its my sense that many liberty-minded people are finally coming awake to this disturbing reality.
...
Albert Einstein once said, Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
He was right.
Barronelle Stutzman followed this advice and though she currently faces government persecution for her choice she has also become an accidental hero. Pray for her. I know God will surely bless her faithfulness.
Still, know this: If you are a Christian in todays America, you too will almost certainly find yourself with a similar decision to make. When mans law violates Gods law, you will have to choose which to obey. Choosing God can mean persecution.
Ive made my choice.
How will you choose?
Read more: Religious Freedom & ?Gay Marriage? Cannot Coexist - Patriot UpdatePatriot Update
