April 26, 2024 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)
#6: America ‘Hanging in the Balance’ a Biblical Warning!
The lies we are told to be true in America.
An article worth reading by my good friend, Phillip Lee
“I am a gay Christian” (Error is never made true by its popularity).
Try and try as I have to get my head, heart, and spirit fully around the above statement, I cannot.
I cannot because it does not make sense.
If, within the statement, one is saying, “I am a Christian who struggles with the temptation of same-sex attraction.” This makes sense and I understand. However, for a faithful follower of Christ Jesus to pronounce identity by first using ‘gay’ (based on one’s sexual orientation) and then follow up with ‘Christian’ – clearly, what is happening is a lack of conviction, practice, and concern of how one is being shaped and led by a wrong and deceiving spirit.
If I were an individual self-identifying as a ‘gay Christian,’ I would at some point in all honesty and truth need to truly face myself and ask…”Which am I more? Am I more gay than a Christian?”
One of the earmarks of liberal Christianity regarding homosexuality, is the rejection of the infallibility of God’s Word and the quest, if not determination, to find Scriptural acceptance (a canon) within the canon (Scripture) to validate, accept, and endorse homosexual practice. Hence, enter pro-gay theology.
In all fairness, my considerable concern for many men and women today struggling, combating the unwanted brokenness of same-sex attraction is…How are they to follow the Holy Spirit when much of what God has to say regarding homosexual practice is being dismissed, disregarded, and withheld? How are they to hear His voice when His words are being silenced?
Is it possible far too much of the Church is now relying on (feelings) which are very, very often completely disconnected from what the Bible says?
I have shared before that it was Christians who held me to the truth and authority of Scripture throughout my discipleship. Admittedly, it was not always an easy road to travel. However, I understood they were holding me accountable because they truly had my best interest at heart. Thank God they never once lowered the bar on the truth of Scripture.
A very frightening reality hit me this morning. If God’s truth had been withheld from me, what would I have been left with?
My walk, your walk with God is not about personal sensibilities. The gay Christian identity does not exist in the Kingdom of God. There is a much, much better way.
It isn’t new. It isn’t even really profound. It is the willingness and posture to let Scripture have its unhindered way. Most assuredly, humility (how we approach and receive the truth of God’s Word), is the ingredient necessary for transformation enabling you and I to give way to God’s Word, even when it is unpopular.
Believers in Christ Jesus who experience and war against same-sex attraction do exist, but Scripture never has nor will Scripture ever call an individual to identify by or with a sinful sexual tendency.
“O God, make me know your ways. Teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation, and for you I wait all the day long,” (Psalm 25:4-5).
Pastor Phillip Lee Executive Director His Way Out Ministries
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