While homosexuality is an sin against God both in the Oral Law and in the New Covenant it is hardly the only sin. And now, once again, it is in the forefront. Yet it is not the greatest sin or even close to it. Jesus did not even once mention it and He spoke clearly of other sins. The Foundational Church spoke of seven “Deadly sins” and homosexuality was not one of them.
We need to take things into perspective in these times. Vanity, Greed, Gluttony, Drunkenness, Divorce and Lewdness are mentioned by Jesus as offensive to God. Lying to God and using the position of leadership to deceive, extort or abuse are far more sinful. These offences are more troubling to the health of the church than the sins of the flesh.
Do not get me wrong, I am not trying to condone homosexuality but trying to put into its proper perspective. In the Oral Law, it was equal to adultery, fornication, incest, and pedophilia. We, as a Christian society, have not only condoned these behaviors, we have embraced them. We have even gone so far as to say that parents of children who have babies out of wedlock are “good role models.” we have labels a president whose wife practices sorcery as a wonderful Christian. And believe me, “channeling” is a form of sorcery. We have adapted New Age principles and ideas into our worship.
While I condemn the churches that have embraced the homosexual life style as from the pulpit, I also condemn those who elect to keep the fornicators, adulterers and child abusers. I shudder to think how may drunkards, gluttons and abusive men and women are in positions of church authority. We need to clean up our own acts before cast stones at others. We need to face the reality that ALL sin is sin and an affront to God’s Mercy and Compassion.
Having said all this, I want to also add my voice to those who support the California Marriage Act. Because the term marriage is and always has been defined as the relationship between a man and a woman in every culture know to man, it should remain so. The civil rights of those who want to have a legal binding relationship between two person of the same sex should not be called marriage. In the State of California, there is such provisions through Civil Unions. These are both legal and binding and that should be enough for them. But Marriage in the American cultural sense is the same as the sacred union established by Biblical Traditions. So to those who wish to change the law to satisfy their egos, GET OVER IT!
I know that this will end up in the Supreme Court and they have been notorious in for ruling against God at every turn. So I am convinced that Big Brother will once again distort the language of the Constitution with “good speak” and eventually Religion will take a back seat to will of the unsaved.
God Help this Nation in its many times of sin.
