I don’t hate gays, nor do I hate those engaged in adultery, those filled with envy who covet the property of their neighbors, or others who in some way fall short of following God’s Word. I fall short, as infrequently as possible but still on occasion, so I understand both temptation and failure. I have clear evidence that God does love gays and adulterers and wants them to become worthy of heaven, as he wants all of us to become worthy. I also have clear and convincing evidence that God wants those people who consciously choose to violate the guidance He has provided to repent: place their duty to God above their lesser drives, and suppress or resist those aspects of their desires. Whether someone is attracted to the same sex (or to someone of the opposite sex other than their spouse) by choice or because of their inborn wiring is not important. Whether someone chooses to act on that attraction, knowing what the Bible says, is central to who they are in their relationship with God.
I see no hate in that condemnation of a person’s choices and actions. Rather, I see failing to uphold the Word of God as the ultimate guide to life as one of most hateful things one can do, because abandoning the Bible would encourage more people to go astray.I will not watch or allow my kids to watch a TV show with gay characters presented in a positive light, one that celebrates adultery, or one that celebrates any other violation of God’s Word. Again, that is not hate for gays or for those who cheat, just good parenting.
Your post is quite good. The problem, as I see it, is that we have allowed the emphasis and abuse of SEX to become endemic in our society....precisely because we did not understand how GOOD and PROTECTIVE God’s commandments are. The wrong ideas of sex began slowly to warm up (think of the frog sitting in a pan of cooking water....tepid at the beginning) in our printed media and then via TV and radio (with advertising)...until it has become a raging fire seen almost everywhere. That fire is now spreading pornography and perversion across the planet. Love became defined as sex and the notion of divorce mushroomed as many could not get enough satisfactory sex with one partner for life. Sexual sin has run rampant and even encouraged the idea of abortion as a way to avoid the consequences of that sin...in addition to the most depraved versions of sex that we now see.
WE desperately need God’s help to reform our culture and I am CONVINCED that our economic woes are merely another part of our turning our backs on God and His ways in our society.
Thank you for such a great post.