What God Is That?

Donna Wasson / Rapture Ready

*Sigh*You know this is not gonna be good if this article starts off like that.I just read a piece titled; Christians Can Change Their Minds on Homosexuality. The author states that she was all at once, elated and filled with dread when President Obama announced that he supported same-sex marriage, because she knew the negative backlash it would cause. You see, she was to attend a reception at the White House that marked Gay Pride Month, and could remember a time she wouldn’t have been caught dead at such an event.

She had been an ‘evangelical Christian’ for 30 years when her very independent and successful daughter called to inform her she was gay.At first, she was understandably devastated and prayed for the Lord to change her daughter’s choice.“But instead, God changed me.”Uh…really?

She goes on to say she had a “dramatic change of heart; an epiphany, a paradigm shift or just plain coming to my senses, “ when her daughter called to say she and her partner were getting married.At first she was upset and saddened and asked God, “What event could a parent be asked to attend that would be worse than this?”“His answer was short—a funeral.”

She marveled that she had never felt God’s presence and love as strongly as she did during the wedding weekend. Her daughter was raised with the message from pastors, Sunday school teachers, Christian leaders as well as her Christian parents that, “She was an abomination to God and didn’t deserve His love.”But, thankfully, the daughter received the message from God himself that He loved her.Of course God loves her!He will NOT, however, tolerate her lesbianism.

This lady agonizes about the years she taught her daughter that homosexuality was wrong and how deeply she must have hurt her feelings.She’s now “On a mission to help keep other families from making our mistakes.Now the lessons I have learned about unconditional love for the gay community need to be applied to those who are exactly where I was for so many years.”Wrong.

And man said to himself, ‘Let me make God in my image, after my likeness.’So in the image of man created him God, and man blessed God and said unto Him, “Thou shalt have dominion over pretty much nothing, and shall give power and blessing to any and everything I will to do and thou shalt unconditionally love every depraved and sinful act I can imagine.”

What ‘god’ is this lady talking about that would debase His holiness to attend a gay wedding? This woman opines, “Love can’t be legislated, politicized, forced or faked.It comes from God. I have said many times that change will come one heart at a time, and only God can change a heart—if we will just get out of God’s way.”I think she means, if God just gets out of OUR way!

Let us turn in our Bibles to the 1^st chapter of Romans. I want to take you through most of this chapter and include in parenthesis the Greek meanings of the words for clarification.It really is eye opening to see the original meanings.

Romans 1: 18 “For the wrath (anger, indignation) of God is revealed (made known) from heaven against all ungodliness (having no reverence for God) and unrighteousness (violating God’s law) of men, who hold (restrain, hinder) the truth (moral religious fact) in unrighteousness.”

Then vs. 21 “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations (inward reasoning), and their foolish (stupid) heart (soul or mind) was darkened” (deprived of understanding.) Professing themselves to be wise (expert, learned), they became fools” (be or act foolishly.)

Vs. 24 “Wherefore God also gave them up (delivered, permitted) to uncleanness (impure morals) through the lusts (craving, longing for what is forbidden) of their own hearts, to dishonor (treat with contempt) their own bodies between themselves.”

Vs. 26-28“For this cause God gave (delivered, permitted) them up to vile (disgrace, dishonor)affections (depraved passion): for even their women did change (exchanged) the natural use (inborn-agreeable to instincts) into that which is against (from, besides) nature (distinctive native characteristics): and likewise also the men, leaving ( depart, disregard, abandon) the natural use (sexual use of a woman) of the woman, burned (set on fire, kindled) in their lust (appetite, unlawful craving) toward another (mutually, reciprocally) ; men with men working (perform, accomplish, achieve) that which is unseemly (ones nakedness, shame), and receiving (to get what is promised, retribution) in themselves that recompense(reward given in compensation) of their error (wrong action, straying morally) which was meet (necessary, right and proper). And even as they did not like (deem worthy, approve) to retain God (adhere or cling to keep) in their knowledge (knowing things ethical and divine), God gave them over (delivered, permitted) to a reprobate (untested, unfit, rejected) mind, to do those things (perform, act out, carry out) which are not convenient” (becoming, proper, fit).

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