posted by the voice @ 9:50 AM
Monday, March 20, 2006
Recently, in our state, the topic of gay marriage has been coming up. Some politicians are pushing an amendment to define marriage as a union between one man, and one women. While I am not 100% sure that the Bible, in particular the New Testament, bans love between to people of the same sex, I believe that for a church to perform a marriage, and bless it in the name of God is wrong. If homosexuality is a sin, to not only condone it, but to bless it as well, is perhaps even a greater sin. It goes against that whole "love the Lord God with all your might.." thing. with that said, however, I believe that as the Christians, it is important that we not impose our beliefs on non-believers. Christianity is not something you are born into, it is a personal choice each of us makes. The imposition of moral beliefs, through law, or otherwise, is not what Christianity should be about. We are told that others will recognize us by our love. That is what we, as the Christian church, should be about. That means that if two men, or two women, want to live together in a state recognized marriage, while not condoning it, we should still not only let them, but still show our love of Christ through a show of love for them. That is what Jesus was trying to teach us when he talked of not judging others. We all sin, and in truth, their sin is no greater than any of ours. So, ignore the speck in your brothers eye, as you ignore the plank in you own, and love unconditionally, as Christ would have you.
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4 Comments:
Hi Ken. Welcome to the Blogosphere. I appreciate your desire to follow the Lord and look at the world with love towards all people. The word of God, however, is clear on homosexuality, it's wrong. Both the O.T. and N.T. strongly indicate this: Lev 18:22, Deut 23:17-18, Romans 1:26-27, 1 Cor 6:9, and 1 Tim 1:10. To oppose homosexual marriage is acknowledging that your heavenly Father knows what's best.
We certainly should love the sinner and not the sin, but not to the extent that we ignore the sin. Otherwise, are we to show love to the fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, homosexuals, thieves, drunkards, swindlers, and murderers by allowing them to continue sinning. How do they and society benefit by turing a blind eye to their sinful behavior?
Politics and law are based on someone's morals. Homosexuals think it is OK to marry because it sits well with their morals. The question one needs to ask himself is whose morals do you want to live by: Gods or the world?
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