Hello everybody. The Supreme Court ruling in favor of same sex marriage occurred June 26, 2015. I do not agree with it. I have to say, the last few days, I have been kinda bummed out about it. I have thought and prayed much about it. Why is that? Oh, the bigoted, hateful guy didn't get his way? He hates gay people so much, he's sad that the Court didn't rule his way. Is that it? Easy. Let's all stop being armchair psychologists, alright.

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord.

This is the beginning of the Apostle's Creed. I believe it. This is why I'm sad. Because I love you all so much. I want us all to go to Heaven one day. I believe following what Christ said is the way to get there. He said that the only way to the Father is through Him.

When discussing divorce with the Pharisees, Christ said, "Don't you know what my Father has said? That in the beginning He made them man and woman, and for this reason, the man will leave his mother and father and cling to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh, and they will not be two anymore, but one." (Matthew 19:2-6) Yes, this was a discussion about divorce, but the lines, on what true marriage is, were drawn right there. So who am I to say who can marry? I don't have that power. Christ said it. He has that power, because He came from the Father. From the union of man and woman, life is created. No other union can do this, which is why it is true marriage and love. I believe in Christ, so I have a duty to try my best to talk about His message when the opportunity presents itself, or heck, even when the opportunity doesn't present itself. Christ said to His disciples, "Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him." (Luke 17-3) Two verses prior, He said that "sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur." Christ's talk of rebuking sin lines up with what His Father said through the prophet Ezekiel in the first 9 verses of chapter 33. This is why I can't support it, and why I don't believe anyone should support it. I don't want woe for anyone. Woe is bad. Again, I didn't say this, but Christ who comes from the Father said this. I realize this will make people not like me. Some people think I get some kick out of talking about this. Believe me, I don't enjoy it one bit. Having people become experts of what's in my heart isn't fun. That is ok. Christ said that He did not come to unite, but to divide. Mother against daughter. Father against son. (Luke 12:51-53) Basically, not to put man above God. He told His disciples that they will be hated because of Him (Luke 21:12-18). Please do not confuse this as me judging. (Even though the "Judge not lest ye be judged" verse doesn't literally mean not to judge. Read all of it. Matthew 7:1-5). And I'm not calling for any harm to be done to anyone, so please dispense with the "Cast the first stone" references....then read what Jesus told the adulterous woman after He chased away those wanting to stone her. John 8:1-11) I am simply speaking what Christ said. And again, no, I'm not using religion to justify any deep held hate, because I do not hold hate in my heart. I believe in, and love, Christ. EVERYTHING about Christ.

So that's why I'm sad. It's not because I hate anybody. It's because I love everybody that this makes me sad. I want us all to get to Heaven. I'm not saying I think I have my spot in Heaven cinched. I don't. I don't have it all figured out and I don't know if I have a spot cinched for me in Heaven. Nobody does, and anyone who thinks they do is fooling themselves and probably not working to better themselves anymore. I sin. I have my struggles. But I strive to be contrite and confess my sins, then I try my hardest not to sin again. I fail. But I keep trying. I'm not saying people who are gay are bad because they're gay, because that's not true at all. I know many, and they are terrific, and I would do anything for them. And I'm not sayng you're definitely NOT going to Heaven if you supported the ruling. I don't know the lengths of God's mercy, because I am not even remotely close to His level. But I'm not going to chance it, and will strive to keep me and my family in line with His word instead of blatantly going against it. I will continue to love all, no matter what. Whether you supported this decision or not, I will love you unconditionally. Whether you will continue to support this decision, I will love you unconditionally. None of this changes the way I feel about any of you, and I hope the feeling is reciprocated. I love you all, and have a blessed Sunday :)

(P.S. The Old Testament is often criticized for some of the things that are called sin in it. It is also criticized as being man's interpretation of what God said. This is why Christ came, to fulfill the Old Testament, and not to leave anything to interpretation. We got the Word straight from His mouth. He upheld some things from the Old Testament, and did away with many of the old laws from Moses. So please, no stories about eating shrimp and pork, and wearing different fabrics, and many of the other laws from Moses).

Wow, this guy is squishy.

I'm so sad, oh woe is me, poor me, I'm so sad.....

This decision should have surprised exactly no one.

The world is going to do what the world is going to do because it's their nature to do it. They are unregenerate and no moral compass or base.

It was as predictable as the sunrise from people who don't obey God in any other area of their lives.

And love isn't just a feeling. It's a choice.

Jesus is love personified and HE didn't go around whining.

Look, what’s happening to this country is heart breaking and no one who calls themselves a Christian can help but be grieved by it, but to go around whining about how *sad* this makes him, is just unbecoming of a man or Christian. He’s just so passive aggressive about it.

Quit whining!!!!

It sounds just so much like how I hear some people try to appeal to little kids to get them to behave. *You’ve made me sad. You don’t want to do that, now do you? Can’t you be good and make me not sad any more?*

You know what? They don’t care if we’re sad. They’re celebrating their way to hell and the rest of us be damned.

“I believe that the only way to heaven is through Jesus.” ??????

Well, what if someone else doesn’t?

He needs to grow a pair and state it as fact. The ONLY way to heaven is through Jesus. HE loves you unconditionally and will forgive you and wants to forgive you. Be reconciled to Him.

Instead of *I love you anyway*, state I love you and because of that, I’m going to pray for you every day. I’m going to fast for you. I’m going to present you with the truth and encourage you to be reconciled with God through Christ. I’m not going to sit back and wring my hands and get all kumbayah with my *feelings*. I’m going to take action.

Instead of being so passive aggressive, he needs to be proactive.

And quit whining about how *sad* he is and how bummed out he is.

Let this stir him to action.

The BIBLE is HATEFUL!!!

Genesis 13:13

Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.

Psalms 12:8 The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

Doonesbury Cartoon for Feb/08/2013

Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

2 Peter 2

1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

But there IS hope!!!

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...

The Health Risks of gay sex.

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