Homosexuality seems like the new normal. People are trying to get same-sex marriage legalized and celebrities are confessing that there gay. Young adults and even children are coming out and admitting that they knew they were different, claiming their homosexuality is what made them feel out of place.
Is this really normal? Should we sit back and let things be as they are?
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What if I were to tell you that homosexuality isn't what you would call acceptable, that it's actually causing the destruction of something else? Something that has been around since the beginning of time.
Marriage. Marriage is being pushed and pulled and people are trying to change the very state of it.
So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 1:27
If you haven't noticed it says created three times. So if something is said more then once that means you better pay attention!
The answer is right here ladies. God created man and woman at the beginning. He didn't create two men and two women. Marriage calls for one man and one woman. Since we are created in God's image that means marriage is created to represent God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit's relationship with each other.
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
Hebrews 13:4
The very word and meaning of marriage is being marred! This generation is already getting confused about exactly what marriage means. How do we tell them and show them exactly what marriage is?
Here's what Stacy and Paula Rinehart say about marriage in their book Choices.
Marriage is the first holy relationship God ordained. Our human concept of holiness is that which is enshrined, or set apart as untouchable. God, however, takes eternal truths, for which we use the word holy, and place them in the living relationships of His people. The lifelong union of a man and a woman is holy because it symbolizes in human form the unseverable love of Christ for His bride, the church. Husbands are even encouraged to love their wives, "as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her" (Ephesians 5:2,5; emphasis added).
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit work together as a team and relate to each other on a deep level. They are of one mind and one accord. They are always in the same boat and they trust each other wholeheartedly and do their part well. The three words that can describe them the best is respect, honor and deference.
As followers of Christ He calls us to follow that.
You may be thinking this or you may have heard someone say,
"but I've seen a gay or lesbian couple together for like 50 years and they where happy."
Yeah, that could be the case but that's the world. The world can say "they're a great couple and they love each other." But, as Christians is that what we follow?
Do you know that there's the worlds standards of love and there's God's standards of love. I'm sure you know the world's but God's is this...
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self -seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Okay since that's God's love read it carefully and I want you to think about what God is saying. The part that says love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. What does evil mean exactly? Evil means; bad, immoral, wrong, vile, dishonorable, corrupt and sinful. So, evil is the opposite of God. That means if God sees homosexuality as evil and you are practicing it or just are accepting of it that means you're delighting in evil!! That may sound harsh but God is serious about His standards. He wants us to rejoice in the truth!
You may ask, "What is truth exactly?"
What's the Truth?
I have heard some people say that being gay or lesbian was the way they are, that it wasn't a choice. Being homosexual actually is a choice.
Homosexuality is a sin just like lying, being disrespectful, murder and the like. Being gay is going against God and what He laid down as rules for us to follow.
Sodom and Gomorrah. Ever heard of it? Oh yeah, that was the place to go when you wanted to do what you wanted and not get caught!! That was the life. You could be with whoever and nobody said anything against it. What happened in Sodom and Gomorrah stayed in Sodom and Gomorrah! You know what I mean? Oh there's one thing I forgot to mention. God completely destroyed it.
Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom-both young and old-surrounded the house. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out so us so that we can have sex with them."
Genesis 19:4-5
The two men that all the men in Sodom were talking about were angels. Those angels came to Lot's house and told him "Lot you have to leave this place. God's going to destroy it!" Lot offered to give his two daughters to the men outside but they refused. They wanted the men (angels).
Marriage needs to be respected and kept the way it is. Homosexuality is just lust for another human being. That's all it is. There's no need to tie a knot between the two people. No matter how much people say it's a right, that gay and lesbian people should be able to marry, it doesn't make it right in the eyes of God. Just like above when it says love always protects, that's what we need to do about marriage. We need to protect it and not fail!
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