There is been a lot written this past week on the recent Supreme Court decision to allow gay marriages, most of the discussions I’ve seen are either celebrating or cursing the decision. Since I’ve had a number of people asking my thoughts on the decision, I thought I’d blog about it.
So first off, for my fellow Christians, be assured God did not fall off His Throne, He is still King!
This is not the first time we have had a shift in the stream of moral culture, and it probably won’t be the last. This country was founded on Christian Principles, not everyone was a Christian, but the values and subsequently the laws, had at its root the values of Christianity.
In the last century we particularly have had significant shifts in the stream of moral culture which have impacted not only the direction of the country, but also impacted individuals. A quick, non-exhaustive list includes: acceptance of evolution as fact, the sexual revolution, legalizing abortion, no-fault divorce, greediness in the business world, etc.
The question for us, is how do we respond? While social activism is part of the foundation of our country as well as Christianity, I won’t address that here, but rather leave it up to the reader on what they believe they are called to do (to be in the world, but not of the world …)
But, I will share my thoughts on how we should respond to all people, including gay individuals. We just not need to love them with the same love Jesus loves us with, period. His kind of love is shown by action - “But God demonstrated His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” Romans 5:8
God has always moved in one heart at a time. If we want to see a shift in the social culture, it will happen when hearts continue to be changed. I recently saw a great quote by Billy Graham, “It’s the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge and my job to love.”
The Apostle Paul (who wrote over half of the inspired New Testament), “The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” Galatians 5:6b
Allow me to say that again, of all the great things Paul (and others) wrote about, all the doctrine, all the theology, the second coming of Christ, etc … it all points to, boils down to, this one thing (not these 3 things, this one thing), “faith expressing itself through love.”
Let me offer this challenge to Christians, what if in these coming days, the only complaint people had against how Christians responded was, they love too much!
So first off, for my fellow Christians, be assured God did not fall off His Throne, He is still King!
This is not the first time we have had a shift in the stream of moral culture, and it probably won’t be the last. This country was founded on Christian Principles, not everyone was a Christian, but the values and subsequently the laws, had at its root the values of Christianity.
In the last century we particularly have had significant shifts in the stream of moral culture which have impacted not only the direction of the country, but also impacted individuals. A quick, non-exhaustive list includes: acceptance of evolution as fact, the sexual revolution, legalizing abortion, no-fault divorce, greediness in the business world, etc.
The question for us, is how do we respond? While social activism is part of the foundation of our country as well as Christianity, I won’t address that here, but rather leave it up to the reader on what they believe they are called to do (to be in the world, but not of the world …)
But, I will share my thoughts on how we should respond to all people, including gay individuals. We just not need to love them with the same love Jesus loves us with, period. His kind of love is shown by action - “But God demonstrated His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” Romans 5:8
God has always moved in one heart at a time. If we want to see a shift in the social culture, it will happen when hearts continue to be changed. I recently saw a great quote by Billy Graham, “It’s the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge and my job to love.”
The Apostle Paul (who wrote over half of the inspired New Testament), “The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” Galatians 5:6b
Allow me to say that again, of all the great things Paul (and others) wrote about, all the doctrine, all the theology, the second coming of Christ, etc … it all points to, boils down to, this one thing (not these 3 things, this one thing), “faith expressing itself through love.”
Let me offer this challenge to Christians, what if in these coming days, the only complaint people had against how Christians responded was, they love too much!