Last Days
Hi: One thing about this internet thing is that there is quite a bit to get a fundamental pastor upset. This past week I read an article about how a school in Mississippi was being sued by the ACLU to force the school to hold their prom and allow her girlfriend to be her date and the girlfriend was going to wear a tuxedo. The AClU had a first threatened a suit to force the school to let the girlfriend come in the tuxedo and when the school just cancelled the prom due to it being a distraction to the students, the ACLU sued to force the school to hold the prom according to the rules dictated by one student. Now just when did it become the right of a teenager to dictate to the school what the rules would be. The idea seems to be that the school has caused the student to be unpopular with the other students due to the cancellation of the prom. Their idea is that this couldn't possibly be the student's fault for deciding that the rules wouldn't apply to her. This is the times in which we live. Paul told Timothy that one of the signs of the last days would be for people to be "without natural affections" or to be homosexual. Jesus said that the times would be as the days of Noah and one of the sins of Noah's day was homosexuality. As Bible believers, Christians are often cast as being begots, but I am certain that saying that someone's lifestyle is in viloation of God's word and therefore sin is not bigotry but simple stating the truth. Someone living in the sin of homosexuality is no worse than someone living in an adulterous lifestyle, but all that means is that both choices lead to the same hell. God will not accept any sinful life style. You cannot live in sin and claim Christ and still be true to what the Bible says is Christianity. That's just a fact and all the court cases and all the ACLU lawsuits in the universe will not change that fact. Yes, God is the God of love, but He is also Holy and His holiness will not abide sin. Now having said all of that, I welcome those living a sinful lifestyle to attend the service of the church, for how else can they encounter the love of God. I will strive to demonstate the love that Christ has shown me for I too am a sinner in need of the grace of God. But that will not change my sermons nor by belief in the truthfulness of the world of God. If you have gay friends or love ones, pray for them and show them the love of God without approving of the choices they make in regards to sin. I have members of my own family who choose to live in sin and I pray for them and love them, but I never imply that I agree with their choices or that they can claim the forgiveness and salvation of God while rejecting His commandments. Thans for your time and share any comments or questions you might have. Pastor Bill